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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Jan 2024
ReviewRetrograde distal access versus femoral access for below the knee angioplasty.
- Marcos G Toledo Barros, Andre V Fonseca, Jorge E Amorim, and Vladimir Vasconcelos.
- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Cochrane Db Syst Rev. 2024 Jan 9; 1 (1): CD013637CD013637.
BackgroundThe prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the general population is about 12% to 14% and it increases with age. PAD increased from 164 million people in 2000 to 202 million people in 2010. More than two-thirds of people with PAD are based in low- or middle-income countries. Critical limb ischaemia (CLI) occurs in 1% to 2% of people with intermittent claudication over five years. One third of people with CLI have isolated below the knee (BTK) lesions. CLI and isolated BTK lesions are associated with a higher incidence of limb loss when compared with people with multilevel arterial disease. Endovascular procedures such as angioplasty (with or without stenting) are widely used to treat isolated BTK lesions, aiming to improve blood flow and limb salvage. The technical success of any angioplasty procedure depends on the ability to cross the target lesion. Failed attempts are underestimated in the literature and failures in the real world appear to be higher than reported. People with isolated BTK lesions undergoing angioplasty by conventional femoral access present a high failure rate to cross these lesions. Retrograde distal access may provide some advantages that can lead to successful crossing of the target lesion.ObjectivesTo evaluate the benefits and harms of retrograde distal access versus conventional femoral access for people undergoing below the knee angioplasty.Search MethodsThe Cochrane Vascular Information Specialist searched the Cochrane Vascular Specialised Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL databases, and World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and ClinicalTrials.gov trials registers to 26 September 2022.Selection CriteriaWe planned to include randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials comparing people undergoing retrograde distal access versus people undergoing conventional femoral access (ipsilateral antegrade or contralateral retrograde) for BTK angioplasty.Data Collection And AnalysisTwo review authors independently assessed identified studies for potential inclusion in the review. We used standard methodological procedures in accordance with the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Review of Interventions. Our primary outcomes were technical success of angioplasty procedure and major procedural complications. Our secondary outcomes were mortality rate, amputation-free survival, primary patency, minor procedural complications and wound healing. We planned to use GRADE to assess the certainty of the evidence for each outcome.Main ResultsWe identified no randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials that met the inclusion criteria. We identified no randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials that compared retrograde distal access versus femoral access for BTK angioplasty. High-quality studies that compare retrograde distal access versus conventional femoral access for BTK angioplasty are needed.Copyright © 2024 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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