Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Wound Healing and Wound Location in Critical Limb Ischemia Following Endovascular Treatment
Norihiro KobayashiKeisuke HiranoMasatsugu NakanoToshiya MuramatsuReiko TsukaharaYoshiaki ItoHiroshi Ishimori
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2014 Volume 78 Issue 7 Pages 1746-1753

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Background: The differences in wound healing according to wound location remain unclear. Methods and Results: Between April 2007 and October 2011, 138 patients (166 limbs) with critical limb ischemia with tissue loss were treated with endovascular treatment. On these limbs, 177 individual wounds were identified on the foot and were evaluated for wound healing rates and time to healing according to their locations. Wound locations were divided into 3 groups: group T (Toe wounds, n=112), group H (Heel wounds, n=25), and group E (Extensive wounds extending onto the fore- or mid-foot along with dorsum or plantar surfaces, n=40). The mean follow-up period was 23±19 months. At 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, wound healing rates were 51%, 64%, 75%, and 75%, respectively, in group T; 12%, 36%, 36%, and 52%, respectively, in group H; and 0%, 5%, 8%, and 13%, respectively, in group E. The median time to healing was 64 days (interquartile range 25–156 days) in group T, 168 days (interquartile range 123–316 days) in group H, and 267 days (interquartile range 177–316 days) in group E (P=0.038). Conclusions: Extensive wounds extending onto the fore- or mid-foot along with dorsum or plantar surfaces were the most difficult type of wound to heal.  (Circ J 2014; 78: 1746–1753)

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