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The Intersection of Culture and Politics: ELAM's Narrative on Cyprus Federalism

VOLUME 22, 2025

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

VOLUME 6, 2023

Burak Kurtcebe
European University of Lefke, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Lefke, Cyprus.

Muhittin Tolga Özsağlam, Ph. D
Associate Prof, European University of Lefke, Department of İnternational Relations, Nicosia Cyprus.

Abstract

The study examines the intersection of culture and politics, where far-right parties like ELAM use nationalism and exclusionary rhetoric to gain support and influence. It focuses on ELAM's political ideology and its impact on the Cyprus Problem, a conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. By analyzing ELAM's policies and discourses, the study aims to understand the role of far-right parties in shaping Cyprus's political and social landscape. Specifically, it examines ELAM's opposition to the proposed federal solution for the Cyprus Problem, its stance on illegal immigration and energy policy, and its views on Turkish Cypriots and Turkey. The study also highlights ELAM's growing popularity and electoral success, attributing it to the normalization of far-right ideologies in Cyprus. It underscores the importance of critically analyzing far-right parties like ELAM to grasp their influence on Cyprus and Europe's political and social fabric, emphasizing the need for understanding their impact on democracy and human rights.

Keywords : Culture, Politics, Far Right Parties, ELAM. Nationalism, Federal Solution, Turkey..

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