Amputation

Most patients with severe chronic limb-threatening ischemia treated with a transcatheter deep venous arterialization system achieved limb salvage at 12 months, according to new data from the PROMISE II trial.

Data show that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting reorganization of health systems led to a significant reduction in vascular procedures in 2020 and 2021 across Brazil, leading to a $17 million reduction in spending on vascular surgeries.

Despite the notion that nerve surgery research has plateaued in the past several decades, some surgeons view timely, precise diagnostics and a new wave of research as a viable path to improved outcomes in nerve repair in the future.

Adults with diabetes who smoke or exercise less than once per week are among those at higher risk for a lower limb amputation, but adults with obesity may have a lower risk for amputations, according to study data.

Compared with white patients, Black and Hispanic patients with peripheral vascular disease are younger, have more comorbidities, are less likely to undergo revascularization and more likely to undergo amputation, national data show.

Black adults are significantly more likely to develop peripheral artery disease than Hispanic or white adults even when accounting for traditional risk factors, and often present with advanced disease tied to worse outcomes like amputation.

Veterans who lived within 13 miles of a primary care facility were more likely to receive vascular assessments before undergoing amputation compared with those further away, according to researchers.

About two-thirds of adults with severe critical limb ischemia treated with a transcatheter deep venous arterialization system achieved amputation-free survival at 6 months, according to data from the PROMISE II trial.

In patients with severe critical limb ischemia treated with a transcatheter deep venous arterialization system, about two-thirds achieved amputation-free survival at 6 months, according to new data from the PROMISE II trial.

A significant complication following total joint arthroplasty, the reported incidence of periprosthetic joint infection ranges from 1% to 2% depending on the involved joint, according to the published literature.