Limb salvage in octogenarians with critical limb ischemia after lower extremity bypass surgery. 2023

Robert Myers, and Bakhtawar Mushtaq, and Nicholas Taylor, and Hajar Rashid, and Danielle M Pineda
Department of Vascular Surgery, Jefferson Abington Health, Abington, PA.

Peripheral artery disease is a worldwide epidemic that affects millions of patients, especially the elderly. It has a prevalence of 20% in individuals >80 years old. Although peripheral artery disease affects >20% of octogenarians, information about limb salvage rates in this patient population is limited. Therefore, this study aims to understand the impact of bypass surgery on limb salvage in patients aged >80 years with critical limb ischemia. We conducted a retrospective analysis by querying the electronic medical records at a single institution from 2016 through 2022 to identify the population of interest and analyzed their outcomes after lower extremity bypass. The primary outcomes were limb salvage and primary patency, with hospital length of stay and 1-year mortality as secondary outcomes. We identified 137 patients who met the inclusion criteria. The lower extremity bypass population was divided into two cohorts: <80 years old (n = 111) with a mean age of 66 or ≥80 years old (n = 26) with a mean age of 84 years. The gender distribution was similar (P = .163). No significant difference was found in the two cohorts when it came to coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, or diabetes mellitus. However, when current and former smokers were grouped together, they were significantly more common in the younger cohort when compared with nonsmokers (P = .028). The primary end point of limb salvage was not significantly different between the two cohorts. Hospital length of stay was not significantly different between the two cohorts with 4.13 days vs 4.17 days in the younger vs octogenarian cohorts, respectively (P = .95). The 30-day all-cause readmissions were also not found to be significantly different between the two groups. The primary patency at 1 year was 75% and 77% (P = .16) for the <80-year-old and ≥80-year-old cohorts, respectively. Mortality was low in both cohorts, with two and three for the younger and octogenarian populations, respectively; thus, no analysis was performed. Our study shows that octogenarians who undergo the same preoperative risk assessment as younger populations have similar outcomes when it comes to primary patency, hospital length of stay, and limb salvage when comorbidities were considered. Further studies need to be done to determine the statistical impact on mortality in this population with a larger cohort.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007511 Ischemia A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION. Ischemias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000087742 Octogenarians Persons 80 to 89 years of age. Octogenarian
D000089802 Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia A severe form of peripheral artery disease in which a hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue is caused by occlusion of peripheral arterial vessels. It is associated with the presence of chronic ischemic rest pain, ulceration or GANGRENE. Critical Limb Ischemia,Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia,Ischemia, Chronic Limb-Threatening,Ischemia, Critical Limb,Limb Ischemia, Critical,Limb-Threatening Ischemia, Chronic
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D014654 Vascular Patency The degree to which BLOOD VESSELS are not blocked or obstructed. Patency, Vascular,Patencies, Vascular,Vascular Patencies
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes

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