Table 2 -.
Procedural characteristics and selected outcomes
| CFA (n=8,378) |
SFA (n=2,812) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procedural Characteristics | |||
| Distal Target | <0.0001 | ||
| Below-Knee Popliteal | 4,658 (55.6) | 996 (35.4) | |
| Tibial Vessel | 3,720 (44.4) | 1,816 (64.6) | |
| Concurrent proximal endarterectomy | 3,027 (36.2) | 458 (16.3) | <0.0001 |
| Concurrent ipsilateral infrainguinal endovascular intervention | 651 (7.8) | 118 (4.2) | <0.0001 |
| Use of prosthetic graft | 2,671 (31.9) | 351 (12.5) | <0.0001 |
| Peri-Procedural Outcomes | |||
| Length of stay (days) | 5.8±6.3 | 5.9±5.8 | 0.252 |
| 30-day reintervention | 922 (11.0) | 355 (12.7) | 0.018 |
| Bleeding | 93 (10.1) | 44 (12.4) | 0.237 |
| Thrombosis | 225 (24.5) | 103 (29.3) | 0.087 |
| Infection | 96 (10.5) | 25 (7.1) | 0.068 |
| Unspecified | 508 (55.1) | 183 (51.5) | - |
| Post-op surgical site infection | 273 (3.2) | 90 (3.2) | .878 |
| Latest Follow-Up | |||
| Primary patency | 5,768 (68.9) | 1,963 (69.8) | 0.340 |
| Primary-assisted patency | 6,895 (82.3) | 2,319 (82.5) | 0.839 |
| Secondary patency | 7,242 (86.4) | 2,408 (85.6) | 0.282 |
| All-cause mortality | 1,363 (16.3) | 1,781 (15.9) | 0.082 |
| Major amputation | 675 (8.1) | 220 (7.8) | 0.693 |
| Values reported as mean ± standard deviation; or no. (%). | |||