Evidence mapPaperPMID 37763021Full record

ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Limb Salvage and Survival in Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia: The Need for a Fast-Track Team-Based Approach.

Giorgio Ventoruzzo, Giulia Mazzitelli, Umberto Ruzzi, Francesco Liistro, Alessia Scatena, Eugenio Martelli

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Defining orthoplastic limb salvage centers: a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Maximal Systolic Acceleration and Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging With Indocyanine Green as Predictors for Successful Lower Extremity Revascularization.Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists · 2026
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Observational
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Observational
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giorgio VentoruzzoVascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, San Donato Hospital Arezzo, Local Health Authorities South East Tuscany, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.
Giulia MazzitelliVascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, San Donato Hospital Arezzo, Local Health Authorities South East Tuscany, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.
Umberto RuzziVascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, San Donato Hospital Arezzo, Local Health Authorities South East Tuscany, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.
Francesco LiistroInterventional Cardiology Unit, San Donato Hospital Arezzo, Local Health Authorities South East Tuscany, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.
Alessia ScatenaDiabetology Unit, San Donato Hospital Arezzo, Local Health Authorities South East Tuscany, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3989-6484
Eugenio MartelliDepartment of General and Specialist Surgery, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 155 Viale del Policlinico, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5764-0082
Ospedale San Donato · ITPoliclinico Umberto I · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) represents the end-stage form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is associated with a very poor prognosis and high risk of limb loss and mortality. It can be considered very similar to a terminal cancer disease, reflecting a large impact on quality of life and healthcare costs. The aim of this study is to offer an overview of the relationship between CLTI, limb salvage, and mortality, with a focus on the need of a fast-track team-based management that is a driver to achieve better survival results. This review can be useful to improve management of this growing impact disease, and to promote the standardisation of care and communication between specialist and non-specialist healthcare professionals.

Indexed as

chronic limb-threatening ischemiacritical limb ischemialimb salvagemortalityperipheral arterial diseasesurvival

Identifiers

PMID37763021
PMCPMC10531516
OpenAlexW4386934142

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.