title: [Observations on 235 isolated lumbar sympathectomies performed in atherosclerotic obliterating arteriopathies].
abstract: A group of 235 patients is presented in whom lumbal sympatthectomies were performed over a period of 10 years in the III-rg Surgical Clinic from Jassy, and in the County Hospital from Focşani. A review is also presented, of the controversial opinion expressed in the literature in connection with the efficiency of this type of intervention. The immediate postoperative results were good in 91.9% of all cases and after 10 years the results were good and moderate in 72.2% of all subjects. The disappearance of paresthesia, the maintenance of a warm leg, with a well-outlined subcutaneous venous network, as well as the increased intervals between claudication bouts, make the isolated lumbal sympathectomy an excellent palleative intervention in patients with arteriosclerotic obliterating arteriopathies.
mesh_terms: D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D013562:Sympathectomy
vernacular_title: Observaţii asupra a 235 de simpatectomii lombare izolate, efectuate în arteriopatiile obliterante aterosclerotice.