Choice of the extent and the terms of sanifying procedures after vascular reconstructive surgeries in patients with stage IV chronic arterial lower limb insufficiency

: Results of vascular reconstructions with the following sanifying procedures performed in 82 patients with stage IV chronic arterial lower limb insufficiency are analyzed. Based on complex evaluation of microcirculation three types of tissues ischemic lesion are revealed: irreversible, severe and mild. Patients with irreversible lesion of the tissues of a distal part of the lower extremity require vascular reconstruction with simultaneous amputation at the upper third of the shank. In a severe reversible ischemic lesion of the tissues radical sanifying surgery with preservation of limb support function is better to perform not earlier than one month after vascular reconstruction. Mild ischemia of tissues permits performing minimal sanifying procedure with primary closure of the wound simultaneously with vascular surgery.