"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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more liable to develop reflex bronchospasm under light levels of anesthesia after ETS
Thus, patients with essential hyperhidrosis who have undergone bilateral thoracic sympathectomy, may be more liable to develop reflex bronchospasm under light levels of anesthesia. CAN J ANESTH 2005 52:9