Evaluation of role of Endovascular Intervention in Treatment of Patients with Critical Lower Limb Ischemia

Abou Hashish, Islam Mohamed; Ghareeb, Osama Hassan; Salem, Ayman Abd Elhameed

doi:10.21608/zumj.2019.15999.1430

Evaluation of role of Endovascular Intervention in Treatment of Patients with Critical Lower Limb Ischemia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ vascular surgery , faculty of medicine, zagazig university

² Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Department of General Surgery, Sharkia Egypt

³ Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Department of Vascular Surgery, Sharkia Egypt

10.21608/zumj.2019.15999.1430

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this work is to evaluate the role of endovascular intervention in limb revascularisation , wound healing , pain relief and limb salvage for patients complaining from critical lower limb ischemia (CLI) in the vascular surgery department in Zagazig university hospitals(period from September 2018 till February 2019) .

Methods: This is a Prospective cohort study. The study was carried on Zagazig university Hospitals .

Sample size: Assuming that attendance rate of patients with critical lower limb ischemia in vascular surgery department is 3/month so total sample size were 18/6months (period from September 2018 till February 2019) .

Conclusion: Endovascular intervention is considered a safe and efficient technique in the treatment of critical limb ischemia, the technique has many advantages over open surgical procedure , being tolerable, easy, safe and effective with general anaesthesia avoidance and has low mortality and morbidity rates than surgical intervention using bypass or endartectomy techniques.

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