"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
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Response:
However, please advise people that even after a sympathectomy the patients that have Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, aka, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, could still have extreme pain.
Sympathectomy may provide temporary pain relief, but after a few weeks to months it loses its effect.