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Abstract
Indications, selection of cases, and postoperative results of sympathectomy for peripheral
vascular diseases have been discussed. The causes of failure have been found to be
due to improper selection of cases, inadequate technic, and possible regeneration
of sympathetic fibers. The improvement of the tissue anoxia, as indicated by the rise
of oxygen saturation of the venous blood draining the extremity, and a constancy of
blood flow uninfluenced by external or internal stimuli which reach the extremities
through the vasomotor system are two persistent findings which explain the value of
sympathectomy in selected cases of peripheral vascular disease.
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Received:
January 11,
1937
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© 1937 Published by Elsevier Inc.
