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Surgical management of critical limb ischaemia in the French West Indies
Deneuville, M.
  • Deneuville, M; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire. Division of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery. Pointe-à-Pitre. GP
West Indian med. j ; 47(3): 94-97, Sept. 1998.
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-473404
ABSTRACT
This retrospective study analyses the clinical presentation, surgical management and early outcome of 174 patients (mean age +/- SEM 73 +/- 15 yrs) admitted for critical limb ischaemia. 145 (84) had tissue loss at admission toe gangrene or ischaemic ulcer in 77, and gangrene extending beyond the forefoot in 68. 87 primary limb amputations and 107 revascularisations were performed at iliofemoral (n = 20), suprapopliteal (n = 22) or infrapopliteal level. The postoperative mortality rate was 14in the [quot ]Amputation[quot ] group and 9in the [quot ]Revascularisation[quot ] group but the difference was not statistically significant. Infective complications were comparable in both groups, although 5 of 14 deaths after amputation were directly related to infection and all deaths after revascularisation resulted from cardiovascular complications. The early limb salvage rate after revascularisation was 82. 19 secondary limb amputations were performed for bypass failure. Patients in whom primary amputations were required were older (p < 0.03) and had significantly higher rates of heart disease and nonambulatory status (respectively, 24 vs 17, p < 0.05; and 37 vs 13, p < 0.001) than patients in whom revascularisation was performed. Ischaemic rest pain and tissue loss confined to digit gangrene or ischaemic ulcer occurred more frequently than extensive gangrene in the [quot ]Revascularisation[quot ] group (p < 0.0001), while extensive gangrene extending beyond the forefoot occurred more frequently than ischaemic rest pain and tissue loss in the [quot ]Amputation[quot ] group (p < 0.0001). Late presentation of patients and enhanced tissue loss are probably the reasons for the higher primary amputation rate in our patients compared to that observed elsewhere. In patients amenable to revascularisation (56), arterial reconstruction for critical limb ischaemia improves the chances of limb salvage.
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Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Artéria Poplítea / Isquemia / Perna (Membro) Tipo de estudo: Estudo de etiologia / Estudo observacional / Fatores de risco Limite: Idoso / Aged80 / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino País/Região como assunto: Caribe Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Assunto da revista: Medicina Ano de publicação: 1998 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Guadalupe Instituição/País de afiliação: Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire/GP

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Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Artéria Poplítea / Isquemia / Perna (Membro) Tipo de estudo: Estudo de etiologia / Estudo observacional / Fatores de risco Limite: Idoso / Aged80 / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino País/Região como assunto: Caribe Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Assunto da revista: Medicina Ano de publicação: 1998 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Guadalupe Instituição/País de afiliação: Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire/GP