European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
Pedal Artery Angioplasty Increases Wound Recurrence after Complete Wound Healing by Endovascular Therapy in Patients with Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia: Results of the SAVEPEDAL Study.
Takashi Yanagiuchi, Takahiro Tokuda, Kohei Yamaguchi, Kenji Ogata, Tatsuro Takei, Shunsuke Kojima, Akiko Tanaka, Naoki Yoshioka, Tatsuya Nakama, Hirokazu Yokoi, LEADers PAD investigators
Published: 202610.1016/j.ejvs.2026.01.032
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI), pedal artery angioplasty (PAA) is widely known to improve wound healing, but inframalleolar revascularisation may worsen arterial lesion morphology and lead to wound recurrence af…
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