title: Contemporary analysis of outcomes following lower extremity bypass in patients with end-stage renal disease.
abstract: This study was designed to compare outcomes following infrainguinal bypass between patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and patients with normal renal function (NRF). Sixty-three patients with ESRD undergoing 78 infrainguinal bypasses from 1990 to 1999 were compared with a concurrent group of 132 age-, race-, and gender-matched patients with NRF undergoing 148 bypasses. Limb salvage and survival were calculated using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Markov decision analysis was used to calculate expected quality-adjusted life years (QALY) with intervention. Mean follow-up was 25 months (range 1-116). The results of our study show that infrainguinal bypass in patients with ESRD and tissue necrosis appears to provide a measurable, but marginal, degree of improvement in quality of life.
authors: Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Cox
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: Robison
authors: T E
authors: TE
authors: Brothers
authors: B M
authors: BM
authors: Elliott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures