Long-Term Limb Salvage and Amputation-Free Survival After Femoropopliteal Bypass and Femoropopliteal PTA for Critical Ischemia in a Clinical Cohort.

Long-term follow-up showed similar technical success and good limb salvage for both PTA and bypass patients in this clinical cohort. Patients who were unfit for bypass surgery had significantly inferior technical success and limb salvage. PTA was associated with shorter hospital stay and fewer reoperations for local complications. The findings support a PTA first strategy in all cases where technical success is likely.