Cultura

Leveraging Intangible Cultural Heritage to Promote Sustainable Growth through Cultural Tourism

VOLUME 21, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Le Wang
School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Abstract

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) includes traditions, knowledge, skills, and expressions that have been passed down through generations, encouraging diverse cultures, social unity, and identity in communities across the world. Explore the transformational potential of commercial cultural tourism (CCT) to leverage intangible cultural resources for long-term growth and local economic growth in China's minority regions. Questionnaires were distributed throughout the selected area to gather primary data, which has accomplished 18 Chinese national-level intangible cultural heritage programs. We employed quantitative data analysis to investigate interactions between cultural tourist engagement and the economic impact of intangible cultural heritage preservation and regional growth. These surveys were established to collect information about attitudes, opinions, and behaviors relating to cultural tourism and intangible cultural resources. The acquired data was then examined using AMOS analytical software. In this research, we found that commercial tourism has provided an alternative pathway for the inventive growth of cultural traditions. Commercial cultural tourism has the potential to raise not just excitement for the distribution of intangible cultural heritage but also the intensity with which it is discovered, protected, and utilized. Tourism has contributed to the regional economy. Commercial cultural tourism has a greater positive impact on the long-term growth of intangible cultural heritage.

Keywords : Intangible Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Growth, Cultural Tourism, Statistical Analysis.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty