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Efficiency of Ginkgo biloba extract in treatment of stage III - Fontaine's classification - chronic occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs.
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Results :
Arterial disease had been present for on average 4.7 years, was treated medically in 73.4% of cases and had already been treated by a surgical procedure in 45.3% of cases.
**Mean distance systolic index** of the most affected limb was 0.27 in the EGb 761 group and 0.36 in the placebo group.
Difference in intensity of pain (mean of individual differences seen by visual analog scale betweeen D8 and DO) was twice as great in the EGb 761 group than in the placebo group (-28.06 mm in the EGb 761 group and -13.89 mm in the placebo group) .
Comparison of these variations showed the statistically significant superiority of EGb 761 over the placebo (p-0.04).
There was parallel evidence in the EGb 761 group of a statistically significant (p-0.03) decrease in the consumption of pentazocin, the only analgesic supplied on request.
Requests for analgesic, although also showing a decrease, did not vary significantly in the placebo group.
The SAPQ, the third criterion for used for pain evaluation (recently adapted from the Melzach questionnaire) revealed a significant (p