Surgery beats minimally invasive treatment for severe leg artery disease

A major clinical trial found that bypass surgery produces better outcomes than catheter-based interventions for patients with life-threatening poor circulation in their lower legs. The finding could reshape treatment guidelines and reimbursement policies for a costly condition affecting hundreds of thousands annually.

Originaltitel: A vein bypass first versus a best endovascular treatment first revascularisation strategy for patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia who required an infra-popliteal, with or without an additional more proximal infra-inguinal revascularisation procedure to restore limb perfusion (BASIL-2): an open-label, randomised, multicentre, phase 3 trial