Endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy for Raynaud's phenomenon

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-61

  Matsumoto, Yasushi ^a,b   Ueyama, Takeshi ^a,b   Endo, Masamitsu ^a,b   Sasaki, Hisao ^a,b   Kasashima, Fuminori ^a,b   Abe, Yoshinobu ^a,b   Kosugi, Ikuko ^a,b  

^a National Kanazawa Hospital ^*

^b National Kanazawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036634634     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.123330     Document Type: Article

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