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CLI related to diabetes is often more extensive with multi-level long segmental arterial disease resulting in a 5\u201330-fold increased rate of amputation. As the incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus increases within our aging society, the rate of infrapopliteal artery occlusive disease (IPOD) and the need for intervention rises with it. 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