"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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orthostatic hypotension secondary to lumbar sympathectomy
Treatment of a 55-year-old woman with Raynaud's phenomenon and orthostatic hypotension secondary to lumbar sympathectomy performed for Raynaud's phenomenon is described. Kochar MS. Am J Med. 1983 Sep;75(3):537-40.