- Clin Auton Res. 2003 Dec;13 Suppl 1:I36-9.
Sequelae of endoscopic sympathetic block.
Schick CH, Horbach T.
Dept. of Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. schick@hyperhidrosis.de
Endoscopic sympathetic block as a treatment for primary hyperhidrosis is associated with certain sequelae. The reported occurrence of side effects still varies in the literature. As the majority of patients describe sequelae after sympathetic surgery, the frequency and importance of these persisting changes are still underestimated. Patient's informed consent should include and define side effects like gustatory sweating, olfactory sweating and bradycardia as likely, and compensatory sweating as obligatory.
PMID: 14673671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
"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