INTRAOPERATIVE LYSE UND NEUROSTIMULATION ALS ADDITIVE THERAPIE IN DER CHIRURGIE DES POPLITEA-ANEURYSMAS

Additional therapy of symptomatic popliteal artery aneurysm includes intraoperative lysis for the treatment of the descending thrombosis and spinal cord Stimulation for cases of chronic deterioration of the peripheral perfusion state. Between 1989 and 1996, we treated 50 patients with 55 symptomatic aneurysms using this concept, 18 of them as emergency cases. We reached a postoperative amputation rate of 12.7% and good long-term functional results in 34 of 37 patients.