@misc{7ab15552d89442a089dc44cbe82869b7,
title = "Method for performing percutaneous lumbar sympathectomy",
author = "Stephen Pyles",
note = "A method for performing a percutaneous lumbar sympathectmony includes the steps of placing the patient in a prone position, monitoring the temperature over each of the patient's lower extremities, making a small incision on the back of the patient, inserting a scope through the incision and into the epidural space, using fluoroscopy to aid in the guidance of the scope to the area of the sympathetic ganglion, locating the sympathetic ganglion, and severing the sympathetic ganglion with, for example, a sharp dissection tool, biopsy forceps, or an electrocautery tool.",
year = "2005",
month = jun,
day = "21",
language = "American English",
type = "Other",
}