One-Year Prospective Health-Related Quality-Of-Life Outcomes in Patients Treated with Conservative Method, Endovascular Treatment or Open Surgery for Symptomatic Lower Limb Atherosclerotic Disease

Abstract

Deterioration of any clinical characteristics or HRQoL was not observed after any of the treatment modalities. Surgery gave LLAD patients a good clinical outcome and HRQoL for at least a year, whereas patients who were treated with endovascular and especially conservative treatment gained limited benefits.