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ArticleGefasschirurgie : Zeitschrift fur vaskulare und endovaskulare Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Gefasschirurgie unter Mitarbeit der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Gefasschirurgie

Results of peripheral bypass surgery in patients with critical limb ischemia (CRITISCH registry).

T Bisdas, G Torsello, A Stachmann, R T Grundmann, CRITISCH study group

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Article in Gefasschirurgie : Zeitschrift fur vaskulare und endovaskulare Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Gefasschirurgie unter Mitarbeit der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Gefasschirurgie. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

T BisdasKlinik für Vaskuläre und Endovaskuläre Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum and St. Franziskus Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
G TorselloKlinik für Vaskuläre und Endovaskuläre Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum and St. Franziskus Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
A StachmannKlinik für Vaskuläre und Endovaskuläre Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum and St. Franziskus Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
R T GrundmannDeutsches Institut für Gefäßmedizinische Gesundheitsforschung (DIGG) of the DGG, Berlin, Germany ; Wiss. Koordinator DIGG, In den Grüben 144, 84489 Burghausen, Germany.
CRITISCH study group
St. Franziskus Hospital · DEDeutsche Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie und Gefäßmedizin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimOn the basis of the CRITISCH registry outcomes in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) undergoing lower extremity bypass surgery were analyzed according to the site of distal anastomosis and type of bypass material. PATIENTS AND

methodsA total of 284 patients with lower extremity bypasses consisting of 75 patients with bypasses above the knee (group 1), 80 with bypasses below the knee (group 2) and 129 crural or pedal bypasses (group 3) were included in the study. Altogether, 159 autologous saphenous vein grafts and 125 synthetic grafts were used.

resultsThere were no perioperative complications in 191 out of the 284 patients (67.3 %) and 236 of the 284 patients (83.1 %) had open bypasses at hospital discharge. An uneventful postoperative course was observed in 76 % of the patients in group 1, 62.5 % in group 2 and 65.1 % in group 3. Amputation-free survival was 86 % at 1 year in group 1, 65 % in group 2 and 69 % in group 3. For bypasses above the knee synthetic grafts were at least not inferior to vein grafts (amputation-free survival at 1 year: prosthetic bypasses 92 % and saphenous vein grafts 71 %,

conclusionIn patients with CLI and above-knee bypasses, vein grafts confer no benefits compared with synthetic grafts for at least 1 year follow-up; however, in the case of more distal anastomoses vein grafts should be preferred.

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Amputation-free survivalAutologous veinBypass surgeryCritical limb ischemiaProsthetic graft

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PMID27551877
PMCPMC4974284
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