Multidisciplinary care improves amputation-free survival in patients with chronic critical limb ischemia

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 162 - 169.e1
• Main Authors: Chung, Jayer, MD, Modrall, J. Gregory, MD, Ahn, Chul, PhD, Lavery, Lawrence A., DPM, Valentine, R. James, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Amputation - adverse effects; Amputation - mortality; Chi-Square Distribution; Chronic Disease; Combined Modality Therapy; Disease-Free Survival; Endovascular Procedures - adverse effects; Endovascular Procedures - mortality; Female; Humans; Ischemia - diagnosis; Ischemia - mortality; Ischemia - therapy; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Limb Salvage; Lower Extremity - blood supply; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Patient Care Team; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Surgery; Texas; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Vascular Surgical Procedures - mortality; Wound Healing; Texas

Background This study was conducted to quantify the effect of multidisciplinary care (MDC) on amputation-free survival (AFS) and wound healing within a chronic critical limb ischemia (CLI) population. Methods We performed a retrospective, single-center cohort study of consecutive CLI patients presen...