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sympathectomy
Indications:
- plamar hyperhidrosis (sweaty palms)
- facial blushing
- Raynaud's disease
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Procedure:
- excision of sympathetic nerve(s) &/or sympathetic ganglia
Related
sympathetic ganglion
sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic trunk (ganglionic chain)
sympatholytic; alpha & beta blockers; adrenergic neuron inhibitors; adrenolytic
Specific
resection of 1st rib/cervical rib with sympathectomy
sympathectomy, cervical
sympathectomy, cervicothoracic
sympathectomy, digital artery
sympathectomy, lumbar
sympathectomy, radial artery
sympathectomy, superficial palmar arch
sympathectomy, thoracolumbar
sympathectomy, ulnar artery
thorascopy with sympathectomy
General
neurosurgery
surgical resection (excision)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Wikipedia: Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic_thoracic_sympathectomy
- Encyclopedia of suegery: Sympathectomy
http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/St-Wr/Sympathectomy.html
- Straube S, Derry S, Moore RA, Cole P.
Cervico-thoracic or lumbar sympathectomy for neuropathic pain
and complex regional pain syndrome.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 2;9:CD002918. Review.
PMID: 23999944