Mortality and complications after aortic bifurcated bypass procedures for chronic aortoiliac occlusive disease Kim Bredahl, MD, PhD, Leif Panduro Jensen, MD, Torben V. Schroeder, MD, DMSc, Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc, Henrik Nielsen, Jonas P. Eiberg, MD, PhD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 75-82 (July 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.025 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Historical perspective. a, Number of inserted aortic bifurcated grafts (circles) for chronic limb ischemia in Denmark. b, The development in mortality (squares) and major complications (circles) at 30 days during the study period. c, The presence of significant preoperative medical risk factors (circles, cardiac disease; squares, pulmonary insufficiency) during the study period. d, The development in blood loss (circles) and procedure time (squares). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 75-82DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.025) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves. a, Patients aged <50 years, dashed line; 51-60 years, solid line; 61-70 years, dotted line; and >70 years, dashed-dotted line. b, Patients with preoperative serum creatinine >150 μmol/L (dotted line) and patients with regular renal function (solid line). c, Diabetic patients (dotted line) and nondiabetic patients (solid line). d, Claudication, dashed line; rest pain, dotted line; ischemic wounds, solid line; and gangrene, dotted-dashed line. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 75-82DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.02.025) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions