Pitsenbarger Luke T, Som Maria N, Chao Natalie T, Workneh Eyerusalem N, Dunlap Nora, Fitzpatrick Suzanna Simmonds, Nagarsheth Khanjan H
Vascular Division, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Am Surg. 2023 Sep;89(9):3841-3843. doi: 10.1177/00031348231173992. Epub 2023 May 3.
Severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) predicts greater mortality after major lower extremity amputation (MLEA), but it remains poorly understood whether this finding extends to patients with earlier stages of CKD. We assessed outcomes for patients with CKD in a retrospective chart review of all patients who underwent MLEA at a large tertiary referral center from 2015 to 2021. We stratified 398 patients by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and conducted Chi-Square and survival analysis. Preoperative CKD diagnosis was associated with many comorbidities, less 1-year follow-up, and greater 1- and 5-year mortality. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed worse 5-year survival for patients with any stage of CKD (62%) compared to patients without CKD (81%; < .001). Greater 5-year mortality was independently predicted by moderate CKD (hazard ratio (HR) 2.37, = .02) as well as severe CKD (HR 2.09, = .005). These findings demonstrate the importance of identifying and treating CKD early preoperatively.
