Sympathectomy

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Sympathectomy
Intervention
ICD-9-CM	05.2
MeSH	D015171

A Sympathectomy is a procedure during which at least one sympathetic ganglion is removed.

An example is the highly controversial endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.

Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical and other procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01–05+89.1, ICD-10-PCS 00–01)

Craniotomy · Craniectomy (Decompressive craniectomy) · Cranioplasty

Brain	thalamus and globus pallidus: Thalamotomy · Thalamic stimulator · Pallidotomy ventricular system: Ventriculostomy · Suboccipital puncture · Intracranial pressure monitoring cerebrum: Psychosurgery (Lobotomy, Bilateral cingulotomy) · Hemispherectomy · Anterior temporal lobectomy pituitary: Hypophysectomy hippocampus: Amygdalohippocampectomy Brain biopsy

Cerebral meninges	Meningeal biopsy

Spinal cord and spinal canal	Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy, Rhizotomy) Vertebrae and intervertebral discs: see Template:Bone, cartilage, and joint procedures

Medical imaging	CT head · Cerebral angiography · Pneumoencephalography · Echoencephalography/Transcranial doppler · MRI of brain and brain stem · Brain PET · SPECT of brain · Myelography

Diagnostic	Electroencephalography · Lumbar puncture · Polysomnography

CPRs	Glasgow Coma Scale · Mini-mental state examination · NIH stroke scale · CHADS score

Cranial and peripheral nerves	Nerve block · Vagotomy

Sympathetic nerves or ganglia	Ganglionectomy · Sympathectomy (Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy)

Nerves (general)	Axotomy · Neurectomy · Nerve biopsy

Diagnostic	Nerve conduction study · Electromyography

Medical imaging	Magnetic resonance neurography

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