We investigated 82 cases of upper extremity trauma which were complicated by CRPS. All of them were evaluated by thermography and laser Doppler flourometry. The cases of sympathetically dependent and independent forms of CRPS were divided. In the 49 cases of sympathetically dependent form, thoracoscopic sympathectomy was performed in 33 and paravasal sympathectomy in 16 cases. Mean VAS pain sco...

Background: Although sympathectomy is highly effective for improving symptom, compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) a major issue. In this study, characteristics of primary were investigated in terms the heart rate variability (HRV) parameters. Classification type and prediction CH after sympathicotomy also determined using machine learning analysis.

Sympathetic denervation is associated with many diseases. Most cutaneous external monitoring indicators are non-invasive and used widely in clinical medicine. The external monitoring indicators of sympathetic denervation are reviewed to facilitate the clinical diagnosis of sympathetic diseases and the results of sympathectomy. Useful indicators of sympathetic denervation include sweating, warm ...

Although the sympathetic nervous system innervates the lung, little is known about its participation in host immunity to pulmonary pathogens. In this study, we show that peripheral sympathectomy reduces mouse morbidity and mortality from influenza A virus-induced pneumonia due to reduced inflammatory influx of monocytes, neutrophils, and NK cells. Mortality was also delayed by treating mice wit...

Endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is used on a limited scale as a complement to traditional treatment methods for severe coronary heart disease. In patients where traditional methods do not help, or where the risk of, eg, coronary artery surgery is perceived to be excessive, ETS may be considered. However, experience with the procedure is limited, and only a few open studies on ETS h...

The average survival time of patients in the malignant phase of hypertension is short-eight months according to Keith et al. (1928). There have been many reports of the effects of bilateral thoracolumbar sympathectomy on the mortality rate in. this disease. Woods and Peet (1941) recorded a survival rate of 33 per cent five years after operation and Peet and Isberg (1946) a rate of 19 per cent a...

BACKGROUND In a previous study, we found that neonatal sympathectomy prevented the development of angiotensin II (ANG II)-induced hypertension but not the development of structural changes in small mesenteric arteries. OBJECTIVES To investigate further the dissociation between hypertension and structural vascular changes in sympathectomized ANG II-treated rats by extending morphometric measur...