"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
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sexual function after bilateral lumbar sympathectomy
In patients who had only bilateral sympathectomy, these complications occurred in 24% and mainly consisted of ejaculation disturbances. Only three patients became impotent, each having had aortic surgery.