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Surgical Revascularization of Chronic Limb Ischemia

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Advances in endovascular techniques have allowed greater opportunities for limb salvage in the patient presenting with critical limb ischemia (CLI), with subsequent validation of an “endovascular-first” approach in these patients. However, failure to traverse the lesion and symptomatic recurrence of disease continue to be the so-called Achilles’ heels of endovascular therapy. Surgical revascularization therefore remains a crucial element of the limb salvage armamentarium.

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  1. Vascular Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Sarah P. Pradka MD & Vahram Ornekian MD, MS

  2. Vascular Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Cameron M. Akbari MD

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  1. Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Robert S. Dieter

  2. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, Jr

  3. The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Raymond A. Dieter, III

  4. West Virginia University, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

    Aravinda Nanjundappa

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Pradka, S.P., Ornekian, V., Akbari, C.M. (2017). Surgical Revascularization of Chronic Limb Ischemia. In: Dieter, R., Dieter, Jr, R., Dieter, III, R., Nanjundappa, A. (eds) Critical Limb Ischemia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31991-9_36

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