Spinal Cord Stimulation for Severely Ischemic Limbs
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 12 (2) , 273-279
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1989.tb02659.x
Abstract
Severe atherosclerosis of the lower limbs causes rest pain, skin ulcerations and gangrene. In such situations and when standard surgical treatment had failed or it is impossible to employ, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) seems to be of value. Since April 1985, we have used this technique on 19 patients. The results have been beneficial in 70.6% of the cases and have shown some evidence of increasing cutaneous flow. However, randomized series are required before accepting it as having a special place in the fight against atherosclerotic disease.Keywords
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