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N Isogai1, Y Miyasato, S Asamura
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan. isogai@med.kindai.ac.jp
Abstract:
Cold intolerance frequently occurs after successful digital revascularization and replantation. A series of 11 patients with cold intolerance 6 to 24 months after digital revascularization/replantation were treated daily for 2 weeks with beraprost, a stable prostacyclin analogue. That pain was reduced in 9 of 11 cases after treatment and digital thermography showed significantly increased surface temperature after the 2-week course of beraprost. These findings support the use of beraprost to relieve symptoms of cold intolerance under these clinical conditions.
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