Surgery of the Autonomic Nervous System

Abstract

REPORTS dealing with various aspects of surgery of the autonomic nervous system are becoming more numerous each year. It is impossible to comment upon all of them. Consequently certain articles are referred to that have a bearing upon the topics selected for discussion in this review.AnatomyFor some time, particularly since Richter1 devised a practical apparatus for studying the electrical resistance of the skin, surgeons have noted that after the removal of portions of the sympathetic chain and ganglions having to do with the sympathetic innervation of a particular area, evidence of residual pathways to that area still existed. . . .