"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, May 7, 2008
Sympathectomy - surgical treatment for endometriosis
Pre-sacral neurectomy: An operation in which the nerves that transmit pain from the uterus to the brain are cut. Very rarely done in Australia. Also known as pre-sacral sympathectomy.