Endovascular treatment for critical limb ischemia in patients with diabetes mellitus (review)

The literature review is devoted to the contemporary possibilities of endovascular surgery for patients with critical lower limb ischemia and diabetes mellitus. Surgical indications based on non-invasive methods such as measuring ankle-brachial and shoulder-finger indexes, as well as transcutaneous oximetry are considered. The material outlines both positive and negative aspects of interventional surgery in this cohort of patients included in the group of extremely high atherosclerotic risk.