Meta-analysis of infrapopliteal angioplasty for chronic critical limb ischemia Marcello Romiti, MD, Maximiano Albers, MD, Francisco Cardoso Brochado-Neto, MD, Anai Espinelli S. Durazzo, MD, Carlos Alberto Bragança Pereira, PhD, Nelson De Luccia, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 975-981.e1 (May 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.005 Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Inverted funnel graph shows one outlier (gray circle) whose exclusion increases the 12-month pooled estimate of limb salvage from 86% (black vertical line) to 89% (gray vertical line). Symmetry for study size <50 does not indicate the presence of publication bias. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2008 47, 975-981.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.005) Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Meta-analysis estimates of primary patency (black line), secondary patency (gray line), limb salvage (red line). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2008 47, 975-981.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.005) Copyright © 2008 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions