title: Does the limb swell after revascularisation by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discover if limb swelling occurs after successful revascularisation by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective Study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Vascular Laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five patients with occlusive arterial disease of the lower limb revascularised by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty were studied.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ankle/brachial pressure index and foot volumes measured by water displacement plethysmography were measured before and after PTA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The volume of the revascularised limb increased by 2% on the first day postangioplasty (p = 0.009) and 4% on the 7th day (p < 0.001) compared with the contralateral leg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Leg swelling is a consequence of revascularisation of the ischaemic limb and occurs in the absence of damage to the lymphatic drainage of the limb.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Dept of Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, U.K.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Painter
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Galland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collin
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000628:therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010991:Plethysmography / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies