Abstract:Objective:To study the method and effect of treatment of diabetic arteriosclerotic occlusive disease (DASO) of lower extremities in old patients.
Methods :Fiftysix DASO patients were treated from January 2006 to January 2007. Fortyone of them were treated by PTA and stenting,11 cases were treated by embolectom and continuous intravascular medicine transfusion, and 4 cases were treated by PTA and bypass with vascular prosthesis.
Results:Clinical symptoms improved in all the 56 cases. No perioperative death or serious complications occurred. All cases were followedup for 3-12 months. Among them, 6cases were found with recurrence 3-6 months after the operation and were successfully treated by another PTA.The othe cases had satisfactory results.
Conclusions:PTA gives definitely good results in treatment of DASO. The procedure can be repeated and, when necessary, it can be combined with other treatment methods. PTA can be selected as first line therapy for vascular recanalization in elderly patients with DASO.