[Chemical lumbar sympathectomy in patients with chronic ischemia of the lower extremities].

The efficiency of lumbar chemical sympathectomy made within the complex therapy for ischemic pain in the lower extremities was analyzed versus lumbar sympathectomy, made surgically, in 84 male and female patients aged 33-84. The below parameters were studied: the dynamics of painless-walking distance in patients with ischemia, stages IIa and IIb, and rest-pain intensity in patients with ischemia, stages III and IV, according to Fontaine. The...