Treatment of the ischemic finger secondary to digital artery occlusion.
We present 7 cases of digital artery thrombosis with ischemic symptoms. Six were treated successfully by application of the Leriche principle of resection of a segment of the thrombosed artery. One was treated successfully by resection of a thrombosed segment and replacement with a small vein graft. The symptomatic relief has been conplete in 4 of the 6 patients who had resections, and in the patient who had the single vein graft. The other two patients (with resection only) have had improvement.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation