<prompt> Lumbar sympathectomy done for all EXCEPT: September 2012CausalgiaIntermittent claudicationRest painRaynauds disease  <response>: Ans. B i.e. Intermittent claudication Three main indications of lumbar sympathetcomy: Causalgia Inoperative aerial occlusive disease with limb-threatening ischemia causing rest pain, limited ulceration, or superficial digital gangrene Symptomatic vasospastic disorders Sympathectomy It increases peripheral blood flow by vasodilation of aerioles in cutaneous vascular beds Good for: - Causalgia - Hyperhidrosis - Vasosopastic disorders frostbite, Raynauds PVD Some inoperable patients may receive sufficient increases to help heal superficial ischemic ulcers and relieve rest pain - Sho-term - Pallative 