"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
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Autonomic Neuropathy
Chronic idiopathic anhidrosis (Mia: one of the side-effects of sympathectomy)
Chronic idiopathic anhidrosis is an acquired generalized loss of sweating without other autonomic features.