Table III.

Clinical changes after the iloprost treatment

	Group I (n = 22)	Group II (n = 26)	P*
Ankle-brachial index (mean [SD])
Initial	0.47 [0.14]	0.44 [0.18]	0.53
10th day	0.53 [0.14]	0.51 [0.17]	0.66
P†	0.01	0.01
Analgesic requirement (n [%])
Initial	22 (100)	26 (100)	1.00
10th day	8 (36.3)	12 (46.1)	0.56
P†	<0.001	<0.001
Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery grading scale
Initial	0.00 [0.00]	0.00 [0.00]
10th day	1.19 [1.13]	1.14 [0.98]	0.09
P†	<0.001	<0.001
Improvement in walking distance on the 10th day (n [%])	14 (63.6)	18 (69.2)	0.76

^⁎Comparison of intergroup initial values and results of the treatment with iloprost on the 10th day.

^†Comparison of intragroup initial values and results of the treatment with iloprost on the 10th day.