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Ibrahim M
Egypt
Research Article
Comparison of Clinical outcomes of Infragenicular Angioplasty between diabetic and non-diabetic patients with Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
Author(s): Walid M Gamal, Zeinab Mohammed Askary and Mohamed Ibrahim
Walid M Gamal, Zeinab Mohammed Askary and Mohamed Ibrahim
Background: Infragenicular angioplasty could salvage most of limbs under amputation impendence. We aim in our study to detect the results of infragenicular angioplasty in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with critical lower limb ischemia (CLI).
Patients and methods: Between April 2014 and May 2017,infragenicular angioplasty was carried out on 139 patients out of 154 patients (as 15 patients missed the follow up program or their data were lost) with CLI (Rutherford category 4,5 or 6) whom attended to The Vascular surgery Department of Qena University and Assiut University Hospitals. After obtaining informed written consent from all subjects, they were divided into diabetic group (n=62) and non-diabetic group (n=77).For all subjects pre-procedure, ankle brachial indexes (ABI) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) had been done. The percu.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-9495.1000201