Long-term outcome and cancer incidence after lower extremity bypass surgery in patients with critical limb threatening ischemia.

Purpose: The influence of cancer development on long-term outcome after lower extremity bypass surgery in patients with critical limb threatening ischemia was investigated.

Methods: Patient survival and cancer incidence were recorded for 21,082 patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) stage III (n = 5631; 26.7%) and stage IV (n = 15,451; 73.