BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of patients presenting with heel ulcers or gangrene (HEEL group) with those having lesions in other parts of the foot (non-HEEL group). METHODS Treatment and outcomes of all HEEL and non-HEEL patients between June 2001 and October 2006 were compared. RESULTS Three hundred eight patients were treated (71 HEEL and 237 non-HEEL)...

This is a retrospective study of 57 patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas treated at Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Gujarat, India from January 2005 to December 2007. It aims to review the feasibility of limb sparing surgery for extremity soft tissue sarcoma in Indian population. Twenty-eight percent (28%) of tumors were located in the upper limbs and 72% in the lower extremities. Th...

The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the success rates of limb salvage, and the primary and secondary patency rates of reconstructions of critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients undergoing combined infrainguinal reconstruction and intraluminal angioplasty of crural arteries. In 2000-2005, infrainguinal reconstruction with concomitant intraluminal angioplasty of crural arteries was pe...

The management of posttraumatic vascular injury that presents after 8 h, or "ultra-time vascular injury", is daunting, and inciting recognition of this injury is vital. We retrospectively analyzed 29 patients with ultra-time vascular injuries to determine the patients' demographic characteristics and identify the determinants for amputation and disability. The age distribution of the high-risk ...

This pilot study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of tibioperoneal arteries with DEEP Balloon in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). 15 adults diabetic patients with CLI were recruited in this study. All patients underwent PTA of tibioperoneal arteries with DEEP Balloon and were followed up for 6 months post operation. Te...

INTRODUCTION Lower extremity amputation prevention (LEAP) is an ongoing programme in our institution aimed at limb salvage in patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI). Patients in the LEAP programme with reconstructible anatomy on initial Doppler imaging received either bypass surgery or percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA). We describe the 1-year limb salvage rates in 46 cons...

BACKGROUND Late-presenting acute limb ischaemia represents a challenging vascular emergency. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome in patients following revascularization and management of existing or impending reperfusion injury of ischaemic limbs over a 12-year period (2002-2014). METHODS Routine procedural codes were used to label consecutive patients admitted 72 hours foll...

BACKGROUND Popliteal artery war wounds can bleed severely and historically have high rates of amputation associated with ligation (72%) and repair (32%). More than before, casualties are now surviving the initial medical evacuation and presenting with severely injured limbs that prompt immediate limb salvage decisions in the midst of life-saving maneuvers. A modern analysis of current results m...