"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
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Only for people with short life expectancy
Sympathectomy should be used only for patients who have failed with every other form of therapy and when the patient has a short life expectancy. Chronic Pain: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Prevention and Management H. Hooshmand, M.D.