Hyperglycemic responses attenuated by sympathectomy

Hyperglycemic responses to CDP-choline, choline, cytidine monophosphate and cytidine were not affected by chemical sympathectomy, but were prevented by bilateral adrenalectomy. Phosphocholine-induced hyperglycemia was attenuated by bilateral adrenalectomy or by chemical sympathectomy. These data show that CDP-choline and its metabolites induce hyperglycemia which is mediated by activation of ganglionic nicotinic receptors and stimulation of catecholamine release that subsequently activates 2-adrenoceptors.
Archives Of Physiology And Biochemistry, Volume 113, Issue 4 & 5 October 2007 , pages 186 - 201 First Published on: 03 October 2007

Reactions to drugs after sympathectomy

Antihypertensive effects of thiazide diuretics may be enhanced in patients with a sympathectomy.
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Handbook of Drug Interactions: A Clinical and Forensic Guide

By Ashraf Mozayani

Edition: illustrated

Published by Humana Press, 2004

ISBN 1588292118, 9781588292117

663 pages

Causes of male infertility

Sympatholytic drugs or sympathectomy - p. 662

Endocrinology & metabolism

By Philip Felig, Lawrence A. Frohman

Edition: 4, illustrated

Published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001

ISBN 0070220018, 9780070220010

1562 pages

Bilateral thoracoscopic cervical sympathectomy for the treatment of recurrent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disorder of prolonged cardiac repolarisation, manifest by a prolonged QT interval and characterised by recurrent presyncope/syncope, polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT), or sudden cardiac death.
She was ultimately treated successfully with bilateral thoracoscopic cervicothoracic sympathectomies. This is the first reported bilateral thoracoscopic treatment of a patient with LQTS and symptomatic life threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias refractory to current pharmacological and pacing techniques.
Heart 2005;91:15-17
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ETS reduces anxiety. Is it a psychosurgery?

The results of STAI showed significant improvement in the levels of anxiety after surgery compared with the preoperative levels and with established norms (p <>Conclusions: Patients with primary hyperhidrosis that undergo EBTS presented a decrease in the level of anxiety and associated symptoms.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:228-231
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