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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Occlusive Disease: Lower Leg & Foot Arteries
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Surgery, Bypass and endovascular techniques, Amputation, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Prognosis, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: lower limb ischemia; peripheral vascular occlusion; vascular occlusion.
Excerpt: | |  Bypass with vein to the distal tibial arteries or foot effective in
| | – Treating rest pain – Healing gangrene – Healing ischemic ulcerations of the foot |
These bypasses have good patency rates (70% at 3 years) In nearly all series, limb salvage rates are much higher than patency rates Endovascular techniques are beginning to be used in tibial vessels with modest results, but bypass grafting remains primary technique of revascularization |
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