Purpose:The standard endpoint for lower limb revascularization is long-term patency; however, in high-risk patients with end-stage ischemia, healing of chronic ulcerations has been proposed as an acceptable endpoint. To evaluate if today's minimally invasive interventions, in combination with comprehensive wound healing procedures, can resolve nonhealing wounds, we performed a retrospective review of chronic ulceration patients treated at the San Francisco Wound Care Center.Methods:Eight-five patients with 96 limbs at risk due to nonhealing ulcers were treated with a variety of endovacular procedures: 7 patients (group 1) received PalmazR stents for unilateral iliac occlusions; 42 limbs (group II) in 39 patients were treated with balloon angioplasty for superficial femoral and popliteal lesions; and 47 extremities in 39 patients (group III) underwent rotational atherectomy for tibioperoneal lesions. Comprehensive wound management techniques, including the application of growth factors, were used.Results:A...
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