PRE-OPERATIVE ANEMIA AS A PREDICTIVE MORBIDITY OUTCOME — A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A VASCULAR SURGERY DEPARTMENT by Carolina Semião, Clara Nogueira, Jacinta Campos, Andreia Coelho, Rita Augusto, Nuno Coelho, Evelise Pinto, João Ribeiro, João Peixoto, Alexandra Canedo

“…Methods: Retrospective analysis of all elective patients between 2016-2018, who underwent: CEA, OAR, EVAR and infrainguinal bypass surgery in chronic limb-threatening ischemia. Emergency procedures and transfusion of more than 4 units of red blood cells (RBC) were excluded. …”
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Ultra-distal revascularization in chronic limb threatening ischaemia: results are never out of fashion by Gonçalo Cabral, Tony Soares, Tiago Silva Costa, José Manuel Tiago, José L. Gimenez, Armanda Duarte, Diogo Cunha e Sá

“…Crural angioplasty was formerly restricted to patients with short stenotic lesions or to high-risk patients for bypass surgery. Nevertheless, endovascular treatment has been used preferentially over bypass surgery in most centres. …”
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EXCLUSION OF A LARGE RUPTURED SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY ANEURYSM WITH TWO ENDOPROTHESIS OUTSIDE THE “INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE” by Mafalda Correia, Pedro Lima, Luís Antunes, João Alegrio, Manuel Fonseca

“…In the right limb the patient was submitted to conventional bypass surgery that resulted in an extended recovery period. …”
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TRAUMATIC POPLITEAL ARTERY INJURY – A RARE LESION THAT CAN'T BE MISSED by Marta Machado, Nuno Coelho, Pedro Maximiano, Evelise Pinto, Ana Carolina Semião, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Pedro Brandão, Alexandra Canedo

“…Regarding vascular treatment, eight patients were submitted to bypass surgery and one was treated conservatively. Therapeutic fasciotomies were performed in three patients. …”
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