Cold Hypersensitivity after Sympathectomy for Raynaud's Disease
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 14 (1) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.3109/14017438009109864
Abstract
Two patients with socially handicapping Raynaud's disease underwent bilateral upper thoracic sympathectomy. One to two days after the operation, both developed local hypersensitivity to cold in the form of a rebound. The cold hypersensitivity persisted in one of the patients, although complete degeneration of vasoconstrictor fibres was proven by absence of the sympathetic veno-arteriolar reflex after sympathectomy. Pre-operative sympathetic blockade could not predict the outcome of sympathectomy.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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