Stents Prevent Peripheral Arterial Disease-Related Amputation
By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
March 07, 2007
SEATTLE, March 7 -- Angioplasty and stenting of small vessels below the knee are successfully staving off amputation among older patients with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD), researchers said here.
In a survey among 57 patients at the critical limb ischemia stage of PAD, 92% avoided amputation through two years of follow-up with the treatment, said Nael Saad, M.B., B.Ch., of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.
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