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An Alternative?

K. Wayne Johnston, MD, FRCS(C); Ronald F. Colapinto, MD, FRCP; Ronald J. Baird, MD, FRCS(C)

Arch Surg. 1982;117(12):1604-1610.

Abstract
• In a prospective study, 384 peripheral arterial transluminal dilations were evaluated, using clinical and vascular laboratory criteria, and analyzed by the life-table method. The overall cumulative success rate was 58.9±3.3% (mean±SEM) after two years but was higher if the iliac segment was dilated, only one site was dilated, the clinical indication was claudication, the distal vessels were normal, the ankle-brachial BP ratio was more than 0.35, or if the patient was younger than 55 years. The complication rate was 3.9%. If the dilation failed, the symptoms were worse in 8% and the ankle-brachial BP ratio fell in 23%. After successful dilation in patients with normal distal vessels, residual claudication persisted in 34%, and the ankle-brachial BP ratio remained abnormal in 40%. Although the overall success rate of transluminal dilation was lower than for a comparable surgical procedure, dilation does have a role in the management of localized peripheral vascular disease.

(Arch Surg 1982;117:1604-1610)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Drs Johnston and Baird) and Radiology (Dr Colapinto), Toronto General Hospital and the University of Toronto.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 12, 1982.

Read before the 30th scientific meeting of the International Cardiovascular Society, Boston, June 19, 1982.

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