Outcome of lower limb bypass (Cochrane database Syst Rev. 2000) Leng et al.
• Objective: Effect of bypass in patients with limb ischemia
• 6 pros. randomized controlled trials of over 700 patients (2 compared PTA to bypass
• Conclusion: “No clear difference between bypass and PTA”
Outcome of lower limb bypass: Swedish analysis
• 3730 surgeries and 1199 angioplasty procedures (1987-1995)
• Evaluating both patency and clinical outcome
• Conclusion: surgical bypass associated with better patency but similar survival and amputation rates
PTA vs Surgery in CLI：BASIL Trial
- Could not re-enter 18 - Immediate re-occlusion 10 |