Bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis impairs adrenomedullary but not noradrenergic sympathetic function

BACKGROUND: Bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy (BTS) is a well-known technique to alleviate intractable pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis. BTS not only disrupts afferent fibers from the pancreas that mediate pain but also postganglionic sympathetic fibers, which originate in segments...

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Autores principales: Buscher, H. C. J. L., Lenders, J. W. M., Wilder-Smith, O. H. G., Sweep, C. G. J., van Goor, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22395951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-012-2152-4

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