PURPOSE: This is a retrospective clinical study on adult @entity1 treated surgically for @entity2119 in our region. METHODS: In our clinic, 344 @entity1 with @entity2119 were surgically treated between 1980 and 2004. The major complaints included foot coldness in 312 (90.6%) @entity1 , color changes in 290 (84.3%), @entity158 in 160 (46.5%), claudication in 166 (48.2%) and @entity1066 in 185 (53.1%). Lumbar sympathectomy was made in 278 (80.2%) @entity1 , thoracic sympathectomy in 7 (2.2%), thoracic and lumbar sympathectomy in 12 (3.6%), lumbar sympathectomy and femoropopliteal or femorotibial bypass in 30 (9%), and femoropopliteal or femorotibial bypass in 17 (5%). RESULTS: Color changes were improved in 230 (79.3%) @entity1 , food coldness were decreased in 288 (92.3%) and @entity158 were improved in 43 (26.8%). @entity613 decreased in 132 of 166 @entity1 . Necrotic @entity1066 healed in 30 of 185 @entity1 . Amputation was made totally in 155 (53%) @entity1 in 10 years. CONCLUSIONS: As a nonatherosclerotic, segmental, @entity32 , @entity2119 is casually related to @entity286 use. The main goal is to discontinue the use of @entity286 . Sympathectomy may be helpful in healing the @entity1066 and decreasing the symptoms. Vascular reconstruction is rarely possible for @entity1 with @entity2119 due to segmental involvement and distal nature of the disease.

One of the most frequent vascular diseases in northeastern of Turkey: @entity2119 or XXXX (experience with 344 cases).

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity32 :: ('MESH:D007249', 'Disease') :: ['inflammatory disease'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['tobacco'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['necrotic ulcers', 'ulcers'] @entity613 :: ('MESH:D007383', 'Disease') :: ['Intermittent claudications'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['rest pains', 'rest pain'] @entity2119 :: ('MESH:D013919', 'Disease') :: ["Buerger's disease"]
@entity2119 :: (MESH:D013919,Disease) :: ['Buerger's disease']
