An aggressive approach towards infrageniculate bypass surgery for limb salvage is justified by quality of life improvement. However, this improvement tends to be less in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Improvement in HRQoL is sustained for more than 12 months after successful infrageniculate bypass surgery. Therefore, an aggressive approach towards revascularisation seems to be justified from the patient's perspective. However, this benefit in quality of life is less in diabetic patients, despite similar limb-salvage rates.

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