Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 7 findings · 1 reviews · Vascular

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 28.6%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 71.4%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

months' patency rate · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

OUTBACK re‐entry catheter showed no clear difference in months' patency rate compared with manual re‐entry (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.04 [0.94, 1.15]
1 study · 52 participants
Low
Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.09 [0.9, 1.33]
1 study · 52 participants
Low

months' patency rate · 95 people with Rutherford 3 to 5 TASC‐II D lesions

Subintimal angioplasty with stenting showed no clear difference in months' patency rate compared with remote endarterectomy (low certainty).

3 findings from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.75 [0.57, 1]
1 study · 95 participants
Low
Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.74 [0.55, 1]
1 study · 95 participants
Low
Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.76 [0.52, 1.11]
1 study · 95 participants
Low

Primary patency ( · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

2 findings from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
GRADE not reported
Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
GRADE not reported