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10955125

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
We present our initial experience with retroperitoneoscopic lumbar sympathectomy in a series of 5 men aged 25-45 years. 3 suffered from ischemia of the lower limbs due to Buerger's disease, 1 had severe reflex sympathetic dystrophy and 1 had vasculitis with severe, non-healing lower leg ulcers. The right retroperitoneal space was developed with a dissecting balloon-trocar introduced via a small lateral muscle-splitting flank incision. 2 additional 5 mm trocars were used for instrumentation and clipping. L2-L3 or L3-L4 ganglia were resected; mean operating time was 120 minutes. Only oral analgesics were needed for postoperative pain control and oral food intake was resumed the following morning. The procedure was successful in all and was without complications. Mean hospital stay was 2 days. All patients reported significant relief of ischemia or dystrophic pain and/or improvement in trophic changes in the extremities. In the patient with leg ulcers, the largest was successfully covered with a skin graft. The retroperitoneoscopic approach to lumbar sympathectomy successfully combines the advantages of minimal invasive surgery and the reliability and effectiveness of well-established open sympathectomy.
pubmed:language
heb
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0017-7768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
136
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
848-9, 916
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
[First experiences with retroperitoneoscopic lumbar sympathectomy].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract