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LAPAROSCOPIC EXTRAPERITONEAL LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY: TECHNIQUE AND EARLY RESULTS
Author(s) -
Elliott Thomas B.,
Royle John P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb01218.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar sympathectomy , sympathectomy , lumbar , balloon , surgery
A new technique of balloon‐assisted laparoscopic lumbar sympathectomy is described and the results of the initial three cases are described. The procedure is technically straightforward and was accomplished without any complications. It should be compared with other techniques of lumbar sympathectomy in comparative trials; however, this early experience is most encouraging.