"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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83% of patients who underwent T2 sympathectomy reported severe compensatory sweating
one year after surgery and the majority of those reported they regretted the decision to have the surgery. Heather Ennis. Medical Post. Toronto: Feb 15, 2005. Vol. 41, Iss. 7; pg. 17, 2 pgs