"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
Saturday, May 10, 2008
many people have a decreased quality of life after this procedure.
Sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis is not considered as a reliable treatment and recent research has shown that many people have a decreased quality of life after this procedure.