Clinically Oriented Anatomy, page 257
By Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley, A. M. R. Agur| Published 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Human anatomy |
| 1209 pages |
| ISBN:0781736390 |
"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
Monday, June 30, 2008
No pain from perforated ulcer after sympathectomy
Pain impulses from the stomach are carried by visceral afferent fibers that accompany sympathetic nerves. This fact is evident because pain of a recurrent peptic ulcer may persist after complete vagatomy, whereas patients who have had a bilateral sympathectomy may have a perforated peptic ulcer and experience no pain.
Clinically Oriented Anatomy, page 257
By Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley, A. M. R. Agur