Table 3.

Relation of PAD to HBOT outcomes

Scoring levels of the arterial testsa	Relation of scores to outcomes (P values)b
Aorto-iliac level (average)	0.963
Abdominal aorta	1.000
Common internal artery	0.707
External iliac artery	0.531
Femoral level (average)	0.048
Common femoral artery	0.185
Deep femoral artery	0.101
Superficial femoral artery	0.070
Popliteal level (average)	0.215
Popliteal artery	0.277
Anterior tibial artery	0.996
Peroneal artery	0.398
Posterior tibial artery	0.069
Pedal level (average)	0.316
Dorsal pedal artery	0.347
Plantar arc	0.662

Relations of PAD to outcomes were analyzed depending on Doppler US and/or angiographic data of 86 patients at the end of HBOT

DUS Doppler ultrasonography, HBOT hyperbaric oxygen therapy, PAD peripheral arterial disease

^aThese arterial tests were worked up as explained in the text and scores at the levels shown in the table were compared with the outcomes

^bOutcomes were consisted of healed or minor amputated patients in the favorable group; non-healed or major amputated patients in the unfavorable group