Guideline Summary Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) is associated with mortality,
amputation, and impaired quality of life. These Global Vascular Guidelines (GVG) are …

• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

It is known that the relative importance of factors involved in the development of diabetic foot
problems can vary in both their presence and severity between patients and lesions. This …

Background Costs related to diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) care are greater than $1 billion
annually and rising. We sought to describe the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on foot ulcer …

Abstract Objective The Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection
(WIfI) threatened limb classification has been shown to correlate well with risk of major …

Abstract Objective The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Wound, Ischemia and foot
Infection (WIfI) classification system was proposed to predict 1-year amputation risk and …

Objective Clinical decision making and accurate outcomes comparisons in advanced limb
ischemia require improved staging systems. The Society for Vascular Surgery Lower …

Objective Previous studies have reported correlation between the Wound, Ischemia, and
foot Infection (WIfI) classification system and wound healing time on unadjusted analyses …

Abstract Objective The Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia, foot Infection (WIfI)
system aims to stratify threatened limbs according to their anticipated natural history and …

Background Patients presenting to a public hospital with critical limb ischemia (CLI) typically
have advanced disease with significant comorbidities. The purpose of this study was to …