the surgical excision or chemical destruction (chemical sympathectomy) of one or more parts of the sympathetic nervous system
Word origin
C20: from sympathetic + -ectomy
Examples of 'sympathectomies' in a sentence
sympathectomies
Two hundred and ninety-six thoracopic sympathectomies were performed with no conversion to open procedure.
Dragan Kravarusic, Enrique Freud 2012, 'Thoracoscopic sympathectomy ganglia ablation in the management of palmer hyperhidrosis:A decade experience in a single institution', African Journal of Paediatric Surgeryhttp://www.afrjpaedsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0189-6725;year=2012;volume=9;issue=2;spage=143;epage=147;aulast=Kravarusic. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)