Shatlyk Yagshyyev, Phillip Hausmann, Yi Li, Julius Kempf, Katharina Zetzmann, Katia Dessi, Oxana Moosmann, Veronika Almasi-Sperling, Alexander Meyer, Andreas L H Gerken, Werner Lang, Ulrich Rother
<b/> Background: Aim of this study was to assess the influence of intermitted negative pressure (INP) therapy on the foot microcirculation in patients with no-option CLTI. Patients and methods: CLTI patients defined as no option for revascularization on the basis of an interdisciplinary vascular board decision (interventional radiology, vascular surgery) were included in this study. INP therapy was performed at home. Therapy regime was: 1 hour twice daily. Follow-up was after 6 weeks and 3 months. Microcirculation measurement was performed by laser Doppler flowmetry and white light spectrometry (oxygen to see, O2CTM )...
October 17, 2023: VASA. Zeitschrift Für Gefässkrankheiten