The value of arteriography in obliterating vascular diseases of the extremities

Treatment of obliterating vascular diseases of the extremities refers to the complex and not yet fully resolved problems of surgery. This is evidenced by the many methods of conservative and surgical treatment and, in some cases, their failure. N.E. Lebedev (1960) had to resort to limb amputations in 21.7% of cases, A.A. Begelman (1960) in 7%, and the latter explains the low percentage of amputations by the medical examination of patients carried out by him. The need to create dispensary points for patients with obliterating endarteritis was pointed out by AT Lidskiy in 1951; the importance of organizing prevention and dispensary treatment was emphasized in 1953 by V. N. Shubin; the effectiveness of clinical examination in the treatment of early forms of obliterating endarteritis was proved in 1958 by VA Saburova; MV Prokopishin in 1962 reported on the work of a specialized dispensary point.