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ENDOVASCULAR RECANALIZATION OF INFRA-POPLITEAL TASC C AND TASC D LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL LIMBTHREATENING ISCHEMIA: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
MEHMET KORAY AKKAN, AL CAN YALIN, TOLGA ZEYDANLI, FATH NC, ERHAN TURGUT ILGIT, AHMET BARAN NAL, MUSTAFA HAKAN ZOR, ABDULLAH ZER
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology - 2025;31(1):39-44
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey

PURPOSE The present study aims to (1) assess the technical success and limb salvage rates of endovascular therapy in patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and infra-popliteal Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) C/D lesions according to the updated 2015 TASC II classification and (2) to present our institutional experience. METHODS A single-center retrospective study was conducted on patients with TASC C/D CLTI who underwent endovascular treatment between 2012 and 2017. The follow-up protocol consisted of Doppler ultrasound conduction every 3 months for the first year unless patients showed symptoms of CLTI. Patients with at least 1 year of follow-up data were included in the study, and if applicable their 3-year results were evaluated in terms of primary patency, absence of amputation, amputation-free survival, and overall survival. RESULTS A total of 248 patients and 287 limbs (238 TASC D lesions and 49 TASC C lesions) were treated via infra-popliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The overall technical success was 87%, the primary patency rate was 41.5% in the first year, and the freedom from amputation rates were 80.8% in 1 year and 67.7% in 3 years. CONCLUSION In patients with infra-popliteal arterial occlusive diseases, endovascular treatment methods demonstrate a high rate of technical success and favorable outcomes in limb preservation.

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