title: [Results of lumbar gangliectomy interventions. Report of cases and current indications].
abstract: The role of lumbar gangliectomy is examined by analysing cases of vascular interventions on the aorto-ilaco-femoral sector at the Department of Surgical Clinical Medicine II and at the Department of Surgical Anatomy and Surgery Studies of the University of Milan during the period 1966-1973. The steady, marked decrease in the incidence of operations on the Vegetative Nervous System, parallely with a notable rise in reconstructive operations is noted. The extension of indications to reconstructive operations alters the attitude to be assumed with regard to lumbar gangliectomy. Analysis of long-term results of indirect operations, however, confirms the validity of the method as a function of the restrictive attitude of present-day indications.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Risultati degli interventi di gangliectomia lombare Casistica e indicazioni attuali