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The Society for Vascular Surgery Lower Extremity Threatened Limb Classification System: Risk stratification based on Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI)

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The implementation of this classification system is intended to permit more meaningful analysis of outcomes for various forms of therapy in this challenging, but heterogeneous population.
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This article is published in Journal of Vascular Surgery.The article was published on 2014-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1006 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Critical limb ischemia & Revascularization.

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Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Their Recurrence

TL;DR: This review considers the pathogenesis, treatment, and management of diabetic foot ulcers, including prevention of recurrence, in patients with diabetes mellitus.
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Challenges in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds.

TL;DR: The pathophysiology of complex chronic wounds and the means and modalities currently available to achieve healing in such patients are discussed, with a focus on diabetic foot ulcers.
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Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia

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TL;DR: The GVG proposes a new Global Anatomic Staging System (GLASS), which involves defining a preferred target artery path (TAP) and then estimating limb-based patency (LBP) resulting in three stages of complexity for intervention.
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Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC II)

TL;DR: The goals of this new consensus are to provide an abbreviated document to focus on key aspects of diagnosis and management, and to update the information based on new publications and the newer guidelines, but not to add an extensive list of references.
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Forming inferences about some intraclass correlation coefficients.

TL;DR: A review of the distinction between various forms of intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) can be found in this article, followed by a discussion of the relationship between the two types of ICCs.
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Recommended standards for reports dealing with lower extremity ischemia: Revised version

TL;DR: This report attempts to correct shortcomings while reinforcing those recommendations that have proven satisfactory on lower extremity ischemia and is intended to replace the original version.
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Mortality over a Period of 10 Years in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

TL;DR: A 15-fold increase in rates of mortality due to cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease among subjects with large-vessel peripheral arterial disease that was both severe and symptomatic was revealed.
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