[Indications for performing lumbar sympathectomy]

The results of treatment of 123 patients with obliterative diseases of the lower extremities, who underwent lumbar sympathectomy, and 115, who underwent the conservative therapy, were studied. The best result of sympathectomy was noted in patients with the impairement in the major blood flow and microcirculation without trophic disorders. In trophic disorders, sympathectomy contributed to reduction of a level of amputation.