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ReviewAdvances in surgery2025

When to Surgically Intervene for Claudication?

David P Stonko, Caitlin W Hicks

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Review in Advances in surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David P StonkoDepartment of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe Street, Halsted 668, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Caitlin W HicksDivision of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hospital, 600 N Wolfe Street, Halsted 669, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: chicks11@jhmi.edu.

Funding

Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Late-Life Diabetic Peripheral NeuropathyK23DK124515 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HICKS, CAITLIN WHITNEY · 2020 to 2024
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NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK124515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is defined by a narrowing or occlusion in the arterial system that prevents the cardiovascular system from meeting the metabolic demands of the dependent vascular bed. PAD is becoming more prevalent globally and is associated with comorbid cardiovascular conditions and high health care costs. Intermittent claudication is a form of PAD that is characterized by reproducible pain in the lower extremities with exertion of a distal muscle group that resolves with rest. Surgery risks converting a typically benign disease process into a progressive process. Surveillance of patients with claudication is important for monitoring disease progression and can be intertwined with ongoing counseling and education.

Indexed as

Intermittent ClaudicationPeripheral Arterial DiseaseDisease ProgressionHumansCardiovascular diseaseClaudicationPeripheral artery disease

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PMID40769697
PMCPMC13559770

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