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THE CHANGING PATTERN OF VASCULAR SURGERY THE EFFECT OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY
Author(s) -
Fletcher J. P.,
Little J. M.,
Kershaw L. Z.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01343.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , vascular surgery , carotid endarterectomy , endarterectomy , surgery , abdominal aortic aneurysm , angioplasty , vascular disease , peripheral , aneurysm , radiology , carotid arteries , cardiac surgery
The pattern of vascular surgery at westmead hospital from 1979 to 1985 has been reviewed. There has been an upward trend in the number of patients having repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm and carotid endarterectomy. However, the number of operations for peripheral vascular disease has not increased. This may be due to the increasing usc of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (pta), but it may also be associated with the inmasing difficulty in obtaining hospital admission for patients with conditions not immediately life or limb threatening.