Ischemia
Research reports on ischemia from N. Deluccia and colleagues provide new insights
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, October 17th, 2008
"We evaluated nonreversed vein grafts in above-knee bypasses for chronic critical limb ischemia in a retrospective study with intention-to-treat analysis in patients who underwent above-knee bypass grafting. During a 4-year period, 51 patients (men, 32; women, 19; mean age 66 years) with 53 critically ischemic lower extremities underwent above-knee femoropopliteal bypass grafting," investigators in Sao Paulo, Brazil report.
"The follow-up evaluation consisted of clinical examination, assessment of the ankle- brachial systolic blood pressure index, and, whenever necessary, duplex scanning. Three ( 5.7%) deaths occurred within 30 days, two from myocardial infarction and...
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