Quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of chemical lumbar sympathectomy.
Twenty-one chemical sympathectomies were assessed in this study by taking infra-red thermograms of the feet before and after the procedure. Patients with relatively high perfusion pressures were shown to have the best response, while those with a low perfusion pressure had little or no increase in mean temperature in the foot.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013563:Sympathectomy, Chemical; D013817:Thermography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy