Influence of Repeat Intervention on the Risk of Major Amputation After Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia

Conclusion: In the patients with CLI due to infrapopliteal lesions, the need for repeat intervention increased the risk of future major amputation. However, this correlation was not applicable to nondialysis patients.

Source: Journal of Endovascular Therapy - September 12, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Utsunomiya, M., Iida, O., Yamauchi, Y., Nakano, M., Soga, Y., Kawasaki, D., Takahara, M., Nakamura, M. Tags: Lower and Upper Limb Interventions Source Type: research