Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 952-959 , May 2008

Infrapopliteal arterial revascularization for critical limb ischemia: Is the peroneal artery at the distal third a suitable outflow vessel?

  • Enzo Ballotta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Section of the Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Enzo Ballotta, MD, Vascular Surgery Section of the Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, 2° Piano Ospedale Giustinianeo, Via N. Giustiniani, 2 Padova, Italy 35128.
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  • Giuseppe Da Giau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Section of the Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
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  • Mario Gruppo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
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  • Franco Mazzalai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
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  • Bruno Martella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.

Received 20 November 2007 ,Accepted 1 January 2008.

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    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of primary patency rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the primary patency rates at 10 years for the groups.

    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of primary patency rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the primary patency rates at 10 years for the groups. Standard errors exceed 10% after 7.2 years in both groups. Raw number of the limbs at risk analyzed for each interval time is shown for each group.

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    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of primary “assisted” patency rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the primary “assisted” patency rates at 10

    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of primary “assisted” patency rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the primary “assisted” patency rates at 10 years for the groups. Standard errors exceed 10% after 7.2 years in both groups. Raw number of the limbs at risk analyzed for each interval time is shown for each group.

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    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of secondary patency rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the secondary patency rates at 10 years for the gro

    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of secondary patency rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the secondary patency rates at 10 years for the groups. Standard errors exceed 10% after 7.2 years in both groups. Raw number of the limbs at risk analyzed for each interval time is shown for each group.

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    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of limb salvage rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the limb salvage rates at 10 years for the groups. The r

    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of limb salvage rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the limb salvage rates at 10 years for the groups. The range of standard errors for the study group is 0% to 3.8%, whereas the range of standard errors for the control group is 0% to 3.1%. Raw number of the limbs at risk analyzed for each interval time is shown for each group.

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    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of survival rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the survival rates at 10 years for the groups. The range of

    Kaplan-Meier life table analysis of survival rates in the study (diamonds) and control (squares) groups. Percentages on the right represent the survival rates at 10 years for the groups. The range of standard errors for the study group is 0% to 9.5%, whereas the range of standard errors for the control group is 0% to 6.1%. Raw number of the patients at risk analyzed for each interval time is shown for each group.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00013-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.002

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 952-959 , May 2008

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