[The application of lumbar sympathectomy in complex of treatment of obliterating atherosclerosis].

The lumbar sympathectomy was conducted for the grade II (according to Fontaine) obliterating atherosclerosis of the lower extremities arteries in 309 cases as the main method of surgery, and in 426--in concurrence with reconstructive intervention on the main vessels. The indications for and the efficacy of the desympathization in various levels of the main arterial bed affection are discussed.