Intra-arterial Direct Prostaglandin Infusion Combined with Lower Limb Arterial Bypass Graft and Lumbar Sympathectomy for Treating Buerger's Disease / 대한흉부외과학회지

ABSTRACT

The incidence of the Buerger's disease is higher for the far-East Asian population that for western people, but the surgical outcomes have been documented to be unsatisfactory. So, more aggressive and multi-focused treatment modalities should be warranted such as stopping smoking or intravenous vasodilator infusion with surgery. We report here on a successful surgical case of intra-arterial direct infusion of Prostaglandin E1 concomitant with surgical bypass and lumbar sympathectomy to treat Buerger's disease.