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Validation of Global Limb Anatomical Staging System (GLASS) in patients with hemodialysis and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia after endovascular treatment

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Recently, Society for Vascular Surgery guideline recommends evaluating anatomic pattern with use of Global Limb Anatomic Staging System (GLASS) in Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) patients. The aim of this study is to validate GLASS stage into CLTI patients on hemodialysis (HD) and investigate the impact of GLASS stage to wound healing and amputation-free survival (AFS). Between April 2009 and March 2018, we performed EVT for 154 limbs in CLTI patients on HD. GLASS was defined as femoropopliteal (FP) and infrapopliteal (IP) segments separately graded (0–4), then combined into three GLASS stages for the limb (I–III). We divided them into three GLASS stages with using this system. We compared the clinical outcomes between three groups (GLASS I, GLASS II, and GLASS III). Patient characteristics were almost similar between the three groups. Lesion characteristics was more complex and the rate of success was lower in GLASS III. Cox regression multivariate analysis revealed that diabetes mellitus (HR 2.4, 95% CI 1.37–4.01, p < 0.01) and WIfI high (HR 2.3, 95% CI 1.04–6.01, p = 0.04) were the predictors of non-wound healing, whereas age (HR 1.6, 95% CI 1.09–2.29, p = 0.01), WIfI clinical stage 4 (HR 2.4, 95% CI 1.30–4.36, p < 0.01), and non-ambulatory status (HR 2.0, 95% CI 1.17–3.29, p = 0.01) were the predictors of AFS. GLASS stage in CLTI patient on HD could not predict wound healing, and AFS in this study.

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    Takahiro Tokuda, Yasuhiro Oba, Ai Kagase, Hiroaki Matsuda, Yoriyasu Suzuki, Akira Murata & Tatsuya Ito

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Tokuda, T., Oba, Y., Koshida, R. et al. Validation of Global Limb Anatomical Staging System (GLASS) in patients with hemodialysis and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia after endovascular treatment. Heart Vessels 36, 809–817 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-020-01747-1

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