Digital sympathectomy of the lower extremity: A novel approach to toe salvage

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1098-1102

  Agarwal, Jayant ^a,b   Zachary, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a University of Chicago Hospitals ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SYMPATHECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOE MALFORMATION; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN ULCER; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; TOES;

EID: 24944513826     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000178795.21651.cc     Document Type: Article

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