Alessia Scatena, Matteo Apicella, Michele Mantuano, Francesco Liistro, Giorgio Ventoruzzo, Pasquale Petruzzi, Cesare Miranda, Luca Monge, Benedetta Ragghianti, Antonio Silverii, Isabella Ferraro, Luigi Uccioli, Cristiana Vermigli, Edoardo Mannucci, Germano Scevola, Eugenio Stabile, Mauro Gargiulo, Matteo Monami
To report a review and meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing bypass surgery (BS) and endovascular treatment (ET) in infrainguinal peripheral arterial disease (PAD) for several endpoints, such as major and minor amputation, major adverse limb events (MALEs), ulcer healing, time to healing, and all-cause mortality to support the development of the Italian Guidelines for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Syndrome (DFS). A MEDLINE and EMBASE search was performed to identify RCTs, published since 1991 up to June 21, 2023, enrolling patients with lower limb ischemia due to atherosclerotic disease (Rutherford I-VI)...
January 2024: Acta Diabetologica