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Chemical lumbar sympathectomy in the treatment of recalcitrant erythromelalgia.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Dec 2018
Wang Wen-Hui, Zhang Long, Dong Guo-Xiang, Sun Ting-Ting, Lin Zhi-Miao, Yang Yong, Li Xuan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Erythromelalgia is highly disabling and treatment is often very challenging. There have been solitary case reports that it might benefit from sympathectomy. This study sought to evaluate the short-term and long-term efficacy of chemical lumbar sympathectomy (CLS) for treatment of recalcitrant erythromelalgia and try to identify a CLS-responsive subset. METHODS: Patients with recalcitrant...
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