noun
definition
The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.
Examples of sympathectomy in a Sentence
Occasionally, your specialist may feel an operation, called a sympathectomy, may be of benefit.
Comments My boyfriend had a sympathectomy 5 years ago when he was 30 after trauma right below his right collarbone.
This selective destruction of certain parts of the sympathetic chain is called Endoscopic Transthoracic sympathectomy or ETS.
I am now booked in for a lumbar sympathectomy in March.
Improving blood flow to the peripheral limbs with a surgical vascular graft or a chemical sympathectomy.
This selective destruction of certain parts of the sympathetic chain is called Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy or ETS.
Cervical sympathectomy for upper limb disease has been shown to offer little benefit.