EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.29, sa.3, ss.277-280, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective. This study describes a new technique for treatment of Buerger's disease, developed to stimulate angiogenesis, using a Kirschner wire placed in the medullary canal of the tibia. The aim of the study was to evaluate clinical and radiological effects of this technique in patients where medical and surgical therapy had failed.