Sympathectomy - a stress response attenuation

"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

Thursday, September 11, 2008

New Name for CS: Abnormal Sweating

What are the risks of a sympathectomy?

* Risks from anaesthesia
* Bleeding
* Infection
* Worsening of pain
* Creation of a new pain syndrome
* Abnormal sweating

1. Mailis-Gagnon A, Furlan A. Sympathectomy for neuropathic pain. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD002918. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002918.

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