The role of contrast arteriography in suspected XXXX of the extremities.

@entity1 @entity548 @entity1410 @entity1317 @entity1913 @entity130
The records of 215 @entity1 presenting with 218 penetrating or @entity1913 to the extremities from 1977 through 1983 have been reviewed. All @entity1 presenting with @entity548 , expanding @entity1410 , or absent distal pulses were explored immediately. @entity1 with @entity130 in close proximity to a major artery but without classical signs of @entity1317 were explored routinely from 1977 through 1980. Thereafter, similar @entity1 were evaluated initially with contrast arteriography and explored only if arteriographic abnormalities suggested @entity1317 . Routine exploration of proximity @entity130 has been compared with selective exploration based on contrast arteriography. Sixty-one @entity1 (group 1) underwent routine exploration for proximity @entity130 . @entity1317 were detected in ten (16%) @entity1 , while 51 (84%) of the explorations were negative. Eighty-four @entity1 (group 2) with proximity @entity130 were studied arteriographically. Ten @entity1 (11.9%) were explored on the basis of abnormal arteriograms, and eight @entity1317 were confirmed. Two (2.4%) of the 84 @entity1 in this group had negative explorations. The use of contrast arteriography enabled the authors to reduce their negative exploration rate from 84 to 2.4 per cent in the management of proximity @entity130 .
