Mars Chir. ;4 (1):83-8 14956138 (P,S,E,B)
Sympathetic surgery in cerebral vascular disorders.
J BONNAL
Mesh-terms: Brain :: blood supply; Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis :: surgery;
"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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Increased blood flow reduces perfusion of the small blood vessels
The action of sympathectomy is felt to be an increase in collateral flow; the circulation cannot be restored to normal since the flow in the aggregate of small arteries is less than normal.
Miller, J. E.: Anatomy cf the Heart and Great
Vessels. Angiocardiographic Study. Texas State
J. Med. 47: 5 (Jan.), 1951.
Miller, J. E.: Anatomy cf the Heart and Great
Vessels. Angiocardiographic Study. Texas State
J. Med. 47: 5 (Jan.), 1951.