"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
AMPUTATION RATE HIGHER AFTER SYMPATHECTOMY WAS HIGHER IN FEMALES
Amputation rate after sympathectomy was higher in females: 36% vs 22%. A revascularization procedure was performed in 15 (0.6%) ... www.springerlink.com/index/U20N650672742U24.pdf