Особливості хірургічного лікування пацієнтів із синдромом підключично-хребтового обкрадання

The aim of the work: to systematize the indications as well as to develop an algorithm for selection of patients with subclavian steal syndrome for surgical treatment.Materials and Methods. The results of surgical treatment of 19 patients with subclavian steal syndrome were analyzed. All the patients were operated on when the possibilities of endovascular revascularization were exhausted. An arterial reconstruction was performed under general anaesthesia; transcranial oximetry was used to provide intraoperative neuromonitoring. Subclavian-carotid transposi­tion (9 patients, 47.4 %) was chosen as the preferred method of arterial reconstruction. In addition to transposition, carotid-subclavian bypass (5 patients, 26.3 %), carotid-carotid bypass (4 patients, 21.1 %) and prosthetic repair of the brachiocephalic trunk (1 patient, 5.3 %) were applied.Results and Discussion. Patients with upper limb ischemia, stage I (36.8 %) and stage II (31.6 %) prevailed in the study group. Among patients with upper limb ischemia, stage I, there were 4 (21.1 %) persons selected for stent-graft implantation with the coverage of the ostium of the left common carotid artery. Upper limb ischemia, stage IV was observed in 2 (10.5%) patients. In the early postoperative period after carotid-carotid bypass, 1 (5.3%) patient developed ischemic stroke. 1 (5.3%) patient died after carotid-carotid bypass and stent-graft implantation. Tactics of treating patients with subclavian steal syndrome depends on the type of subclavian steal syndrome, the permeability state of the homo- and contralateral vessels responsible for the blood supply to the brain as well as the type of cere­brovascular disease.