"Limb Salvage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An alternative to amputation in patients with neoplasms, ischemia, fractures, and other limb-threatening conditions. Generally, sophisticated surgical procedures such as vascular surgery and reconstruction are used to salvage diseased limbs.
| Descriptor ID |
D023821
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.100.814.603 E04.555.400 E04.680.350
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Limb Salvage" by people in this website by year, and whether "Limb Salvage" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Limb Salvage" by people in Profiles.
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1-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins: PROMISE II and Pooled PROMISE Studies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Jul 14; 18(13):1675-1685.
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Contemporary outcomes in no-option chronic limb-threatening ischemia. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 08; 15(1):24446.
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Bypass Versus Endovascular Therapy for Elective Infrapopliteal Interventions in Chronic Limb-threatening Ischemia: Propensity Score-matched Analyses of Vascular Quality Initiative Registry. Ann Surg. 2025 Sep 01; 282(3):494-502.
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Textbook outcomes after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia remain rare. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Aug; 82(2):536-548.e5.
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Improving Depression Detection and Measuring Its Impact upon Short-Term Survival in Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jun; 115:185-196.
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Validation of the WIfI classification in the Vascular Quality Initiative database. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Aug; 82(2):549-558.e2.
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Progression of the contralateral limb in chronic limb-threatening ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Jun; 81(6):1440-1449.
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Advanced Wound, Ischemia, and Foot Infection stage is associated with poor outcomes in the BEST-CLI trial. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Mar; 81(3):720-729.e1.
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Acute Limb Ischemia in Patients on Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) Support: A Ten-Year Single-Center Experience. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Feb; 111:63-69.
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Contemporary surgical management of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Apr; 72 Suppl 2:e31374.