title: [Percutaneous lumbar thermal sympathectomy: method, indications and results].
abstract: Thermal lumbar sympathectomy has been the method of choice since the 'eighties in the treatment of reflex dystrophy. We are using this method since January 1990. First results are presented and critically analysed. 15 patients who underwent thermal lumbar sympathectomy were examined and interviewed 1 year after treatment. 7 patients reported persisting pain relief, while the remaining 8 did not.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Abteilung, Wagner Jauregg Krankenhauses Linz, Austrie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wurm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witzmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002422:Causalgia / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Perkutane lumbale thermale Sympathektomie: Methode, Indikationen und Ergebnisse.