title: [Thoracic sympathectomy via the thoracoscopic approach. The operative technic].
abstract: The authors describe the technique of thoracic sympathectomy by thoracoscopic approach in the variant in which the sympathetic chain is divided between T4 and T5 sympathetic ganglion associated with the division of the gray and white rami communicantes of the T2-T3-T4 sympathetic ganglions. The article emphasizes the importance of the 2nd sympathetic ganglion in the regulation of the blood circulation of the arm and the advantages of the thoracoscopic approach for this type of intervention.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic Sfantul Ioan, Clinica Chirurgie I.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Copăescu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dabelea
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Munteanu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Godoroja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015171:Ganglionectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery