Early changes in the doppler findings after sympathectomy

ABSTRACT

This study was made taking advantage of the data obtained by the Doppler ultrasound in evaluating sympathectomy operation. These Doppler ultrasound tests were performed on patients before the operation and 10 days after it. Most of our patients showed an increased segmental systolic blood pressures after sympathectomy operation and such an increase was more marked preximally than distally especially in the lower limb. All the parameters showed significant change except the ankle/ brachial index; the more proximal the more was the significant change. From the clinical point of view, most of the patients showed improvement of rest pain and better healing of ulcers in their extremities