"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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Hypoperfusion of the brainstem
.The sudden and profound sympathectomy ass/w neuraxial anesthesia at this level can produce apnea form hypoperfusion of the brainstem.
Clinical Anesthesiology, Chapter 17
Peripheral Nerve Blocks, p. 298~ 8/22/2004 3:07 PM