Below-the-Knee Intervention for Ischemic Diabetic Foot in Kurdistan, Iraq: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Management of the ischemic diabetic foot (DF) due to infrapopliteal arterial disease is challenging and controversial. Observation, bypass surgery, and endovascular intervention are the 3 available options. Outcome of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) versus conservative therapy is evaluated in this prospective study from Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.