LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY FOR ARTERIOSCLEROTIC PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE*

Lumbar sympathectomy for peripheral arteriosclerosis.

Arterial homografts for peripheral arteriosclerotic occlusive disease.

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Lumbar Sympathectomy Revisited: Current Status in Management of Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Despite lack of objective evidence based-support, lumbar sympathectomy (LS) continues to hold a place in the treatment of refractory ischemic ulceration or persistent rest pain, especially when there is a distal ischemia, which is not suitable for direct arterial surgery. There is no physiological basis to use lumbar sympathectomy for patients with intermittent claudication. The non-specificity...

Arteriosclerotic vascular disease and testicular fibrosis.

THE PURPOSE of this paper is to report an interesting inverse relationship between arteriosclerotic vascular disease and advanced testicular fibrosis. In recent years increasing attention has been paid to the possible role of gonadal hormones in the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis.1 2 It has long been suspected that high estrogen levels proteet premenopausal women from the development of arter...

Arterial Homografts for Peripheral Arteriosclerotic

Sympathectomy and thrombo-endarterectomy have been largely unsatisfactory in the treatment of patients with arterial insufficiency of the lower extremities. In this paper the results are analyzed of a large experience with the use of lyophilized arterial homografts to bridge occlusive lesions below the aortic bifurcation. The criteria for selection of patients for operation, the simplified proc...