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ANZSVS Conference 2025
Perfusion assessment for wound healing
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Institution: Western Sydney University - NSW, Australia

The presence of peripheral artery disease in people with foot ulcer confers a significantly increased risk of failure to heal and major lower limb amputation. Rapid access to revascularisation where required is associated with significantly superior outcomes for healing and amputation prevention compared to delayed revascularisation procedures. Non-invasive bedside methods of assessing peripheral blood flow in the lower limb are used to quantify severity of PAD and determine likelihood of healing. However, the effectiveness of these tests for this purpose is variable. This presentation will provide an overview of the performance of these tests for predicting foot ulcer healing, disucss the limitaions of the tests and review their role in guiding management decisions and stratifying patient risk.
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Professor Viv Chuter - , Professor Rob Fitridge -