Clinical Study

Results of Infrapopliteal Endovascular Procedures Performed in Diabetic Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia and Tissue Loss from the Perspective of an Angiosome-Oriented Revascularization Strategy

Table 4

TASC-II classification for the worst lesion treated and perioperative data according to the number of tibial vessels attempted for revascularization.

Perioperative dataSR+ ( )MRμ ( ) value

TASC-B4 (8.2%)2 (3.8%)0.35
TASC-C7 (14.3%)8 (15.4%)0.87
TASC-D38 (77.6%)42 (80.8%)0.69
Combined treatment*32 (65.3%)24 (46.2%)0.05
Debridement6 (12.2%)5 (9.6%)0.67
Minor amputation14 (28.6%)14 (26.9%)0.85
Runoff 010 (20.4%)6 (11.5%)0.22
Runoff 136 (73.5%)28 (53.8%)0.04
Runoff > 13 (6.1%)18 (34.6%)<0.001
Postoperative ABI#0.90 (0.67–0.94)0.83 (0.68–0.92)0.86
MACE at 30 days2 (4.1%)1 (1.9%)0.61
MALE& at 30 days1 (2.0%)2 (3.8%)0.59
Major amputation at 30 days0 (0%)2 (3.8%)0.49

*Combined treatment: combined treatment of the femoropopliteal and the infrapopliteal sector; #ABI: ankle-brachial index; MACE: major adverse cardiovascular events; &MALE: major adverse limb events; +SR: single revascularization; μMR: multiple revascularization.