"Sympathectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The removal or interruption of some part of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic or research purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D013562
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.210.105.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sympathectomy- Sympathectomy
- Sympathectomies
- Sympathetic Denervation
- Denervation, Sympathetic
- Denervations, Sympathetic
- Sympathetic Denervations
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sympathectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Percutaneous stellate ganglia block for acute control of refractory ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. 2012 Dec; 9(12):2063-7.
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Re: video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy-splanchnicectomy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002 Mar; 23(3):177; author reply 178.
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Intrathecal neostigmine, but not sympathectomy, relieves mechanical allodynia in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Anesthesiology. 1998 Aug; 89(2):493-9.
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A role for the autonomic nervous system in modulating the immune response during mild emotional stimuli. Life Sci. 1990; 46(6):419-25.
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Afferent and efferent axons in the medial and posterior articular nerves of the cat. Anat Rec. 1983 May; 206(1):71-8.
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Unmyelinated sensory and preganglionic fibers in rat L6 and S1 ventral spinal roots. J Comp Neurol. 1980 Sep 01; 193(1):41-7.
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Occlusive disease of the femoral artery and its branches. Surg Clin North Am. 1966 Aug; 46(4):991-1000.