Modification of Leriche's operation

Abstract

Among the major disadvantages of the operation of denudation of the vascular wall according to Eeriehe'y are: 1) the thinning of the vascular wall caused by the operation with a violation of its nutrition, which can lead to sequential rupture and profuse bleeding; 2) compression of the vascular trunk by scar tissue with impaired peripheral circulation and the return of those phenomena for the elimination of which the operation is undertaken.