A randomized trial of intravenous iloprost (a stable prostacyclin analogue) versus lumbar sympathectomy in the management of Buerger's disease

Bozkurt A. K., Koksal C., Demirbas M. Y., Erdogan A., Rahman A., Demirkilic U., ...More

INTERNATIONAL ANGIOLOGY, vol.25, no.2, pp.162-168, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL ANGIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.162-168
  • Keywords: Buerger's disease, thromboangiitis obliterans, surgery, lumbar sympathectomy, iloprost, prostaglandins, prostacyclin analogues, and derivates, PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL-DISEASE, THROMBOANGIITIS-OBLITERANS, DOUBLE-BLIND, EXPERIENCE, RECONSTRUCTION, ISCHEMIA, BYPASS, TREAT
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aim. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of iloprost and lumbar sympathectomy (LS) in the treatment of Buerger's disease.