12. 교감신경절제술 뿐아니라 혈관재건술 역시 만족할만한 결과를 얻을 수 없었으나 혈관재건술이 더 양호한 편이었다.
13. 더욱 양호한 결과를 얻기 위해서는 철저한 조기치료와 적절한 수술요법이 필요하다고 사료된다.
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Buerger's disease was originally described by Leo Buerger in 1908 and became firmly established as one of the two major causes of peripheral occlusive arterial disease along with atherosclerosis.
Begining in 1930, skepticism concerning the identity of thromboangitis obliterans was expressed by several investigators.
According to Buerger, thromboangitis obliterans is a specific, idiopathic, recurrent, segmental, inflammatory, obliterative vascular disease involving principally the medium sized arteries and veins of the extremities.
The clinical picture is dominated by symptoms and signs referable to recurrent progressive vascular insufficiency.
The lower extremities are involved more frequently than arms and ischemia often terminates in gangrene. The disease is particularly common in young male smokers.
Thromboangitis obliterans has been the most common causes of peripheral occlusive vascular disease in orient, whereas atherosclerosis in the western countries.
There has been many attempts to clarify the causes of the thromboangitis obliterans but it is not certain until this time.
In spite of many interests and experiences in the treatments their outcomes has been unsatisfactory. Even direct vascular reconstruction which has been much developed and was widely utilized, could not obtain cheerful results.
This report is a review of 154 cases of thromboangitis obliterans those who were admitted and treated at Severance Hospital between Jan. 1964 and Dec. 1979.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. Incidence of thromboangitis obliterans was one per 10.5 patients of peripheral arterial disease.
2. Among 154 cases male was predominant and male-female sex ratio was 25 to 1. And peak incidence of age was between 30-40 years of age.
3. Occupation of the patient was farmer in more than half of the cases.
4. One hundred thirty-eight cases had been skoming and most of them had smoked ever 10 Yeas.
5. Half of the cases had more than one operation previously for the same disease.
6. Most common symptom was pain in extremity and coldness, gangrene and necrosis were in the order of frequency.
7. Lower extremities were more commonly involved and upper extremities were 39 instances among 242 affected extremities.
8. Most common site of absence or weakness of peripheral Pulsation was dorsalis Pedis in lower extremity and radial artery in upper extremity.
9. For the diagnosis of thromboangitis obliterans arteriogram were most widely used(87 cases) and showed specific findings only in 18 cases.
10. Lumbar symphathectomies were performed in 89 cases and direct vascular procedures were done in 15 cases.
11. Among operated cases 47 cases (41.6%) could be followed up .The longterm results showed improvements in 28 out of 34 cases of lumbar symphathectomized patients. Two of 9 vascular operations showed good results.
12. Conclusively, overall results were not satisfactory in either symphathectomies or vascular operations until this time.