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Chapter-18 Gangrene and Diseases of Arterial System

BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Surgery for Dental Students

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ISBN
9789352702374
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18043_19
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
20
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Chapter keywords
Gangrene, arterial system, chronic lower limb ischemia, embolism, Buerger’s disease, Raynaud’s disease, venous gangrene, traumatic gangrene, physical gangrene, chemical gangrene, infective gangrene, diabetic gangrene

Abstract

Gangrene is the macroscopic death of the tissues with superadded putrefaction. This chapter describes causes, clinical features, clinical types, spread of gangrene and its treatment in general. Individual causes of gangrene and diseases affecting arterial system are described in detail with the help of clinical photographs, boxes, flow charts and case summaries. Surgery for chronic lower limb ischemia, embolism, Buerger’s disease, Raynaud’s disease, Raynaud’s syndrome, cervical rib and thoracic outlet syndrome, etc. are the topics discussed in this chapter. Drugs causing gangrene like ergot preparations and intra-arterial drugs, venous gangrene, traumatic gangrene, physical gangrene, chemical gangrene, infective gangrene, diabetic gangrene are also outlined.

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