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Italian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2010 March;17(1):31-50

Copyright © 2010 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Extreme treatment of critical limb ischemia

Dosluoglu H. H. ^{1, 2}, Lall P. ^{1, 2}

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, VA Western NY Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY, USA 2 Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA

Complex arterial occlusive disease in the aging, medically unfit population has become a common clinical problem for the modern clinical vascular practice. Multiple treatment strategies have evolved with the introduction of endovascular therapy. The management of these patients has become increasingly challenging, especially without robust clinical trial results. We review the current literature and describe our results and approach to these difficult patients.