Brendon J. Coventry* and John A. Walsh
ANZ Journal of Surgery
Volume 73 Issue 1-2, Pages 14 - 18
Published Online: 5 Feb 2003
Journal compilation © 2009 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
"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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sympathectomy severs both vasomotor and sensory fibres
Lumbar sympathectomy severs both vasomotor and sensory fibres, suggesting that relief of rest pain may be explained not only by increased cutaneous and muscle blood flow, but also by nociceptive sensory denervation.
Brendon J. Coventry* and John A. Walsh