"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
Friday, January 18, 2008
As with other tissues and organs, hypoxia, such as at high altitude, causes an increase in blood flow to bone, as does hypercapnia and sympathectomy.