Peripheral nerve division for relentless ischemic foot pain
J. Alpert, D. K. Brief, B. J. Brener and V. Parsonnet
During a three-year interval, 12 multisensory peripheral nerve divisions in
ten patients were performed for intractable ischemic foot pain. The two
major indications, after concluding that revascularization was impossible,
were (1) the presence of localized, dry, and contained acral gangrene in
patients who were not candidates for a lesser amputation and (2) patient or
family refusal of a limb amputation.