Open AccessSympathectomy for Raynaud's Phenomenon
Author(s) -
Ray W. Gifford,
Edgar A. Hines,
Winchell McK. Craig
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.17.1.5
Subject(s) - sympathectomy , medicine , raynaud's disease , sympathetic denervation , denervation , raynaud disease , surgery , anatomy , dermatology
Follow-up information has been obtained from 70 women with Raynaud's disease and 54 women with secondary Raynaud's phenomenon who were subjected to surgical sympathetic denervation of one extremity or more. The results of sympathectomy in the upper and lower extremities are described. The effect of operation on the subsequent course, the complications and sequelae are presented and compared with the reports of others.