Buerger's disease: a case report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.66344/jpad.v15i2.641Keywords:
sympathectomy., Buerger’s diseaseAbstract
Buerger's disease is an occlusive vasculopathy affecting small- to medium-sized blood
vessels. The disease usually affects smokers. Clinically, it is characterized by features related
to ischemia. If untreated gangrene and amputation may supervene. A wide variety of
therapeutic options ranging from vasodilators to sympathectomy are useful We, herein, report
an adult female with this disease, who underwent sympathectomy for relief of her symptoms.
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