"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
Friday, January 2, 2009
Anti-inflammatory role of the sympathetic nerves
In all layers, Crohn’s disease patients demonstrated aloss of sympathetic nerve fibres. Sprouting of SP+ nerve fibreswas particularly observed in the mucosa and muscular layer inCrohn’s disease.