with unqulified "reflex sympathetic dystrophy". This was already stated by the father of sympathectomy, Rene Leriche, more than half a century ago.
...it is not an error, but a lie. While conceptual errors are not only forgivable, but natural to inexact medical science, lies, particularly when entrepreneurially inspired are condemnable and call for a peer intervention.
J. Neurology (1999) 246: 875-879
"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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unavoidable side effects and unforeseeable and unacceptable complications
Most of the difficulties associated with hyperhidrosis surgery are due to unavoidable side effects and unforeseeable and unacceptable complications. Careful patient selection is important before surgery so surgeons can avoid some of these pitfalls. Patients should also be fully informed of all potential side effects and complications before surgical
treatment.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18557592
treatment.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18557592