First experience of distal hybrid surgery on lower limb arteries with port-system installation

   Cases of occlusive lesions of the arteries of the lower leg occupy a special place in the treatment of critical lower limb ischemia. In this regard, performing open reconstructive interventions is unpromising. A new era in the treatment of occlusions of the arteries of the lower leg has become endovascular surgery. However, due to extensive occlusive lesions of the arteries of the lower leg, direct endovascular revascularization is often impossible. Currently, vascular surgeons adhere to the angiosome principle, according to which the goal of balloon angioplasty is to restore blood supply to the artery supplying the angiosome with purulent-trophic changes. In the clinical example provided, the universality of the angiosome theory is questioned, and clinical success achieved due to the discovery of collateral blood fl ow is demonstrated. The patient underwent surgery with the use of an original hybrid operation technique with the installation of a port system followed by active therapeutic-diagnostic measures on an outpatient basis for 30 days. As a result of the treatment, epithelialization of the trophic defect and cessation of critical ischemic phenomena were noted.

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