Codd J E, Barner H B, Kaminski D L, Ramey A, Garvin P J, Kaiser G C, Willman V L
Am J Surg. 1979 Dec;138(6):770-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90294-0.
Operative management provides low risk palliation for symptomatic occlusive disease of the leg. Survival is adversely affected by associated conditions. The rate of limb salvage was 70 per cent at 2 years in patients with gangrene. Bypass grafting did not increase the risk of subsequent amputation (mortality 11 per cent), and therefore primary amputation should be avoided.
