sympathectomy
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Indications
- plamar hyperhidrosis (sweaty palms)
- facial blushing
- Raynaud's disease
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Procedure
- excision of sympathetic nerve(s) &/or sympathetic ganglia
More general terms
More specific terms
- 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
Additional terms
- sympathetic ganglion
- sympathetic nervous system
- sympathetic trunk (ganglionic chain)
- sympatholytic; alpha & beta blockers; adrenergic neuron inhibitors; adrenolytic
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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23999944