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Table. 2.

Indications for intervention

Reason for intervention Limb (n=294)
Side
Right 153 (52.0)
Left 141 (48.0)
Prior interventions
Angioplasty (ipsilateral) 111 (37.8)
Amputations
Minor (leg, foot, toe) 66 (22.4)
Major contralateral (AKA, BKA) 23 (7.8)
Femoral endarterectomy 6 (2.0)
Urgency
Urgent 209 (71.1)
Elective 75 (25.5)
Emergency 10 (3.4)
Rutherford classification
6 (necrotic ulcer) 192 (65.3)
5 (non-healing amputation) 40 (13.6)
4 (ischemic rest pain) 26 (8.8)
3 (claudication) 32 (10.9)
0 (asymptomatic) 4 (1.4)
Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection score 3.02±1.98
Toe pressure, mmHg 43.5±26.9
Risk of amputationa
1 (very low risk) 104 (35.4)
2 (low risk) 75 (25.5)
3 (moderate risk) 46 (15.6)
4 (high risk) 69 (23.5)
Multi-level disease 194 (66.0)
FP+tibial 172 (58.5)
Iliac+FP 14 (4.8)
Iliac+FP+tibial 8 (2.7)

Values are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation.

AKA, above-the-knee; BKA, below-the-knee; FP, femoral-popliteal.

aRisk of amputation according to Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection category derived from the article of Mills et al. (J Vasc Surg 2014;59:220-234.e1-2) [4].

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