Late Results in Surgery of Aorto-iliac-femoral Occlusive Disease

Combined disease of the aortoiliac and femoropopliteal arteries generally results in more severe ischemia of the lower limb than isolated disease of either segment. Furthermore, two-segment disease often reflects generalized arteriosclerotic morbidity, most significantly involving the coronary and cerebral artery system. Therefore, in this group of patients an urgent therapy is required more often and the operative risk is markedly increased.