Table 2 Literature Search Strategy

Search terms

S1–“critical limb isch?emia” OR “isch?emi*”

S2–“peripheral arter* disease” OR “peripheral vascular disease”

S3–“diabetic foot” OR “diabet*”

S4–“bypass” OR “angioplasty” OR “endovascular” OR “revasculari?ation” OR “reconstruct*”

S5–“angiosom*” OR “direct revasculari?ation” OR “indirect revasculari?ation”

S6–S1 OR S2 OR S3

S7–S4 AND S5 AND S6

Databases searched

EBSCOhost (AMED, CINAHL), The Cochrane Library, ProQuest (ProQuest Health & Medicine Complete, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source), PubMed, ScienceDirect, TRIP database

Part of journals searched

Title and Abstract

Years of search

No limits set

Language

No limits set