Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
Ninety-three consecutive patients for aortofemoral bypass grafting were studied to determine the effect of sympathectomy on early and late patency, the need for subsequent distal procedures, amputation rate, and ankle-brachial Doppler systolic pressure indexes. Sixty-seven patients completed the study. Fifty-three limbs were randomized to receive sympathectomy and 81 no sympathectomy. The mean length of follow-up postoperatively was 11 +/- 2.53 months (maximum 24). Five grafts occluded, two early and three late. Both early occlusions occurred in the nonsympathectomy group and all three late occlusions ensued in the sympathectomy group. Subsequent distal procedures were necessary early (within 30 days) in five limbs, all in the nonsympathectomy group. Nine limbs required distal procedures late, four (5 percent) in the nonsympathectomy group and five (9.5 percent) in the sympathectomy group (p greater than 0.05). Altogether, distal bypass was required in 11 percent of the patients in the nonsympathectomy group versus 9.4 percent in the sympathectomy group (p greater than 0.05). Five limbs were amputated 4 to 14 months after aortofemoral bypass, four (5 percent) in the nonsympathectomy and one (2 percent) in the sympathectomy group (p greater than 0.05). The ankle-brachial pressure index increased significantly after aortofemoral bypass in both groups (p less than 0.05). The mean increase after aortofemoral bypass was more marked in the sympathectomy group (p greater than 0.05). Thus, at a mean follow-up time of 11 months after aortofemoral bypass, there was no significant difference in graft patency, need for subsequent distal bypass, or amputation rate between the sympathectomy and nonsympathectomy groups.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
143
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
755-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Amputation, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Aortic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Arterial Occlusive Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Blood Vessel Prosthesis, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Femoral Artery, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Iliac Artery, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Leg, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Lumbosacral Region, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:7091512-Sympathectomy
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Prospective randomized study of concomitant lumbar sympathectomy with aortoiliac reconstruction.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial