"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
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Lumbar sympathectomy, which interferes with the sympathetic nerve supply to the colon
The autonomic nervous system: an introduction to basic and clinical concepts
By Otto Appenzeller, Emilio Oribe Elsevier Health Sciences, 1997