Preferential Use of Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia: Vascular Surgeons' Perspective
Nishibe T, Yamamoto K, Toguchi K, Seike Y, Ito N, Nishibe M, Koizumi J, Dardik A, Ogino H. Preferential Use of Infrapopliteal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia: Vascular Surgeons' Perspective. International Surgery 2018, 103: 509-515. DOI: 10.9738/intsurg-d-14-00309.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor adverse limb eventsInfrapopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplastyAmputation-free survivalCritical limb ischemiaPercutaneous transluminal angioplastyPerioperative deathsClinical successLimb ischemiaLimb salvageStepwise Cox proportional hazards regression modelCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsAdverse limb eventsEndovascular-first approachVascular surgeon's perspectiveVascular surgeons' experiencePeripheral artery diseaseKaplan-Meier methodTechnical success rateFirst therapeutic optionHazards regression modelsInfrapopliteal angioplastyRutherford 6Perioperative predictorsTransluminal angioplasty