sympathectomy
IPA: sɪmpʌθˈɛktʌmi
noun
- (neurosurgery) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system.
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Examples of "sympathectomy" in Sentences
- Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.
- Sympathectomy is a modern day lobotomy.
- CH after sympathectomy usually abates after several months.
- Morphofunctional changes in the myocardium following sympathectomy.
- Chemical sympathectomy is associated with increased pulmonary metastases.
- Go and as someone who actually investigated the effects of sympathectomy.
- Other used techniques are sweat gland suction and percutaneous sympathectomy.