Outcomes of lower extremity bypass surgery in patients with renal transplants
Arhuidese I, Nejim B, Craig-Schapiro R, Rizwan M, Malas M. Outcomes of lower extremity bypass surgery in patients with renal transplants. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2018, 68: 1833-1840.e2. PMID: 30470370, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.12.086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBioprosthesisBlood Vessel ProsthesisBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationFemaleHumansKidney TransplantationLimb SalvageLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedPeripheral Arterial DiseasePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVascular PatencyVeinsConceptsOutcome of infrainguinal bypass surgeryInfrainguinal bypass surgeryPrimary assisted patencyRenal transplant patientsLong-term outcomesAssisted patencySecondary patencyTransplant patientsRenal transplantationProsthetic conduitLimb salvageBypass surgeryCohort of renal transplant patientsLower extremity bypass surgeryCox regression analysisEvaluate 30-dayMortality of patientsRisk-adjusted analysisUnited States Renal Data SystemPopulation-based cohortCritical limb ischemiaPopliteal-tibial bypassPrimary patencyRetrospective reviewAutogenous bypass