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Title: | Lumbar sympathectomy in the treatment of intermittent claudication : an objective study |
Authors: | Cutajar, L. |
Keywords: | Sympathectomy -- Case studies Peripheral vascular diseases Intermittent claudication |
Issue Date: | 1972 |
Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
Citation: | Cutajar, L. (1972). Lumbar sympathectomy in the treatment of intermittent claudication : an objective study. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 7(2), 81-84. |
Abstract: | Sympathectomy in twenty legs suffering from atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease made no improvement in the muscle blood flow as detected objectively by the Technetium (⁹⁹ᵐTc) Clearance Technique in nineteen of these legs. It is postulated that intermittent claudication per se is not an indication for sympathectomy although the operation may have a place in the treatment of early nutritional disturbances in the ischaemic leg. The object of this paper is to present the results of an objective study on a series of patients, all complaining of intermittent claudication who were assessed both clinically and objectively using a radio-active tracer technique before and after they had undergone lumbar sympathectomy |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14899 |
Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 7, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 7, Issue 2 |
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Lumbar Sympathectomy in the treatment of Intermittent Claudication.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 170.29 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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