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Surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system
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sympathectomy
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n. surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system
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A sympathectomy is an irreversible procedure during which at least one sympathetic ganglion is removed. An example is endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy . Category:Neurosurgery
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n. (context neurosurgery English) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.
Usage examples of sympathectomy.
About a week previously we had done a lumbar sympathectomy, cutting the nerves that were responsible for contracting the walls of the blood vessels of his lower legs.