"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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Compensatory hyperhidrosis reported in 0% to 74.5% of cases
Compensatory hyperhidrosis is the most common and unpredictable side effect of thoracoscopic sympathectomy and is reported to occur in 0% to 74.5% of cases. (p.555)