PMID- 31405350 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200629 LR - 20220414 IS - 1938-9116 (Electronic) IS - 1538-5744 (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Nov TI - Predictors of Wound Healing Following Revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. PG - 649-657 LID - 10.1177/1538574419868863 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: After surgical or endovascular revascularization, some ischemic lesions will not heal, while some others will heal at a variable period of time from the intervention, indicating a multifactorial interaction between local and systematic "wound healing-promoting" factors. Our objective was to identify predictors of wound healing following revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). METHODS: A literature review was performed to identify published research concerning clinical, biochemical, and noninvasive methods as predictors of wound healing time and wound-free period after surgical and endovascular revascularization for CLTI. RESULTS: Our review indicated that potential predictors included local wound factors, wound depth, patient's comorbidities, medications, smoking and alcohol abuse, poor vessel runoff, and direct versus indirect revascularization. Among the clinical biomarkers, platelet-derived growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin (IL) 1, and IL-6 have been proposed as potential predictors. Furthermore, the potential of noninvasive microcirculation assessment to predict proper wound healing has been the topic of extensive investigation. Among the novel methods, transcutaneous measurement of oxygen partial pressure, skin perfusion pressure, oxygen-to-see method, indocyanine green fluorescence imaging, and multispectral optoacoustic tomography have shown promising results. CONCLUSIONS: The risk factor profile of an ischemic lesion in the lower extremities with a delayed/failed healing response, following a successful revascularization, is not fully clarified. Although many predictors have been assessed so far, further research needs to be done to identify the optimal clinical and biochemical indices and the noninvasive technique assessing the microcirculation that is associated with complete wound healing. FAU - Antonopoulos, Constantine N AU - Antonopoulos CN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0696-695X AD - Department of Vascular Surgery, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece. FAU - Lazaris, Andreas AU - Lazaris A AD - Department of Vascular Surgery, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece. FAU - Venermo, Maarit AU - Venermo M AD - Department of Vascular Surgery, Abdominal Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. FAU - Geroulakos, George AU - Geroulakos G AD - Department of Vascular Surgery, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190812 PL - United States TA - Vasc Endovascular Surg JT - Vascular and endovascular surgery JID - 101136421 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arteries/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/physiopathology/*surgery MH - Chronic Disease MH - *Endovascular Procedures/adverse effects MH - Humans MH - Ischemia/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/physiopathology/*surgery MH - Peripheral Arterial Disease/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/physiopathology/*surgery MH - Risk Factors MH - Time Factors MH - Treatment Outcome MH - *Vascular Surgical Procedures/adverse effects MH - *Wound Healing OTO - NOTNLM OT - biomarkers OT - chronic limb-threatening ischemia OT - revascularization OT - wound healing EDAT- 2019/08/14 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/01 06:00 CRDT- 2019/08/14 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/1538574419868863 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2019 Nov;53(8):649-657. doi: 10.1177/1538574419868863. Epub 2019 Aug 12.