Interventions for Claudication Offer Low Morbidity, Yet Patients May Still Experience Limb Loss and Worsening Functional Status

Interventional approaches to management of claudication vary widely. Per the Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines, any invasive treatment of claudication must offer long-term benefit at low risk of complications. Our aim was to elucidate contemporary claudication intervention patterns and functional outcomes.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - August 21, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Scott R. Levin, Alik Farber, Thomas W. Cheng, Nkiruka Arinze, Douglas W. Jones, Denis Rybin, Jeffrey J. Siracuse Tags: Abstract from the 2019 New England Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Source Type: research