Sympathectomy - a stress response attenuation

"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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Alteration in Cerebral Blood Flow after sympathectomy

Jeng and associates observed an increase in cerebral blood ﬂow after T2 sympathectomy, and they suggested the possibility of using such a surgical approach to improve cerebral blood ﬂow in patients with cerebral vascular insufﬁciency.

Youmans Neurological Surgery, 5th Edition
Publisher: Saunders
Publication Date: 2003-10-10

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