Long-Term Management and Surveillance in the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia

Charlie Cheng, Michael B. Silva

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION When managing a patient with critical limb ischemia (CLI), the goal of any treatment is to relieve pain, preserve functional tissue, and maintain mobility of the individual. Vascular surgeons in general agree on the criteria used to assess the success or failure of open surgical treatments. Is the bypass graft patent? Is the limb still attached? Has our patient’s health been adversely affected in some unexpected way by the procedure we performed? Are the answers to these questions the same at six months, one year, and five years.?.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCritical Limb Ischemia
PublisherCRC Press
Pages249-267
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781420081909
ISBN (Print)9781420081893
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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