U. Bohler et V. Wienert, DERMOFLUOROGRAPHY AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THERAPEUTIC CONTROL FOLLOWING SYMPATHECTOMY, International journal of microcirculation, clinical and experimental, 16(4), 1996, pp. 195-197
The assessment of completeness of a sympathectomy can be objectively r
ecorded and documented by dermofluorography. This method enables measu
rement of increased skin perfusion which leads to an earlier appearanc
e time and steeper initial rise in fluorescence of intravenously admin
istered sodium fluorescein. The most significant parameters are the qu
otients of the average appearance time and the initial rise in fluores
cence of the untreated versus treated leg. Following a successful lumb
ar sympathectomy, these parameters were outside 3 standard deviations
of the values obtained from healthy test persons.