Lumbar Epidural Sympathectomy for Frostbite Injuries of the Feet

Evaluation of lumbar sympathectomy.

L UMBAR SympatklCCtOIny iS a surgical procedure that is now well established as a valuable adjunct in the treatment of selected cases of peripheral arterial disease. Immediateiy following World War II there was much enthusiasm for sympathectomy and as a result many patients with peripheral vascular disease underwent this procedure. In the next few years reports indicating a relatively high perc...

Lumbar sympathectomy for peripheral arteriosclerosis.

What is the place of lumbar sympathectomy?

Comparison the effect of epidural steroid injection by Caudal and Lumbar methods for controlling the radicular pain of lower extremity

 Aims and background: Chronic low back pain is one of the common causes of patients referring to specialized and general medical clinics. The positive effect of Epidural Steroid injection has been proven in relieving pain in these patients. In this study, the epidural effects of methylprednisolone acetate in these two methods of Caudal and Lumbar were compared. Materials and Methods: In thi...

Sympathectomy for causalgia: experience with military injuries.

BACKGROUND Causalgia is a rare disease in civilian practice, and most reports regarding causalgia in the literature are from major extended wars. To increase awareness of this syndrome, our wartime experience with this disease is presented. METHODS The charts of patients with causalgia referred to two university hospitals for treatment from 1985 to 1989 were retrospectively studied. Character...