Ezio Faglia, Giacomo Clerici, Alessia Scatena, Maurizio Caminiti, Vincenzo Curci, Marco Prisco, Vincenzo Prisco, Rosaria Greco, Francesco Cetta, Alberto Morabito
BACKGROUND: To compare demographic and clinical characteristics, revascularization, major amputation, and mortality among patients admitted to a diabetic foot center because of critical limb ischemia (CLI) during 1999-2003 (cohort 1) and 2009 (cohort 2). METHODS: During 1999-2003, 564 diabetic patients with CLI (cohort 1) were admitted to our center, and 344 patients (360 affected limbs) were admitted during 2009 (cohort 2). Data on demographic and clinical characteristics, revascularization by peripheral angioplasty (PTA) or bypass graft (BPG), major amputation, and mortality were recorded...
October 2014: Annals of Vascular Surgery