TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute hemodynamic effects of lumbar sympathectomy
AU - Collins, George J.
AU - Rich, Norman M.
AU - Andersen, Charles A.
AU - Hobson, Robert W.
AU - McDonald, Paul T.
AU - Kozloff, Louis
PY - 1978/12
Y1 - 1978/12
N2 - Lumbar sympathectomy increases total limb blood flow after aortofemoral bypass in a high percentage of cases. This was true in eleven of fourteen extremities (78.6 per cent) in our series even though no specific selection criteria for entry into the study, other than the need for aortofemoral bypass, were used: that is, patients were entered into the study irrespective of preoperative ankle/arm pressure indexes or results of hyperemia testing. Overall, flow rates after sympathectomy was added to aortofemoral bypass were 1.55 times greater than after aortofemoral bypass alone. This degree of augmentation of flow may be important, particularly in cases of limited outflow.
AB - Lumbar sympathectomy increases total limb blood flow after aortofemoral bypass in a high percentage of cases. This was true in eleven of fourteen extremities (78.6 per cent) in our series even though no specific selection criteria for entry into the study, other than the need for aortofemoral bypass, were used: that is, patients were entered into the study irrespective of preoperative ankle/arm pressure indexes or results of hyperemia testing. Overall, flow rates after sympathectomy was added to aortofemoral bypass were 1.55 times greater than after aortofemoral bypass alone. This degree of augmentation of flow may be important, particularly in cases of limited outflow.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9610(78)90342-2
DO - 10.1016/0002-9610(78)90342-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 717653
AN - SCOPUS:0018253085
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 136
SP - 714
EP - 718
JO - American Journal of Surgery
JF - American Journal of Surgery
IS - 6
ER -