sympathectomy

Surgical sympathectomy has helped but not without significant side effects.

Total body perspiration in response to heat has been reported to increase after sympathectomy.

The first sympathectomy was performed by Alexander in 1889.

In severe cases, a sympathectomy procedure can be performed.

If all previous methods fail to work to the patients expectancy, sympathectomy surgery can be performed.

He devised a surgical procedure, the sympathectomy, to increase blood flow within arteries.

Medical sympathectomy using intravenous reserpine has also been attempted with limited success.

Some medical professionals advocate the use of this more conservative procedure before the permanent surgical sympathectomy.

This surgery - called endothoracic sympathectomy - has been shown to limit blushing.

In chronic cases, Lumbar sympathectomy may be occasionally helpful.

Other used techniques are sweat gland suction and percutaneous sympathectomy.

An example is the highly controversial endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.

It can be observed in patients with nerve damage (following accidents), diabetes mellitus and as a result of sympathectomy.

T2-3 sympathectomy suppressed baroreflex control of heart rate in the patients with palmar hyperhidrosis.

During another procedure, called thoracic sympathectomy, a surgeon cuts and destroys the nerves responsible for sweating.

Morphofunctional changes in the myocardium following sympathectomy.

Rarely, sympathectomy is used - removing the nerves that make arteries contract, effectively leading to vasodilatation.

A sympathectomy would alleviate the cyanosis by disrupting the fibers of the sympathetic nervous system to the area.

Surgical sympathectomy is rarely done anymore because of chemical sympathectomy.

According to Dr Hooshmand, sympathectomy permanently damages the temperature regulatory system.

Prior to pharmacological management of hypertension, surgical sympathectomy was a recognized treatment for hypertension.

Studies suggest that compensatory sweating may occur in as much as 85 percent of patients who undergo transthoracic sympathectomy.

Chemical sympathectomy.

In chemical sympathectomy, the malfunctioning nerve or nerves are destroyed with chemicals, usually stopping or reducing the pain.