Abstract
Surgical lumbar sympathectomy was commonly performed on patients with painful obliterative arterial disease. Percutaneous chemical sympathectomy is an alternative to surgery and was described by Mandl in 1926. His approach depended upon the needle contacting the transverse process to gauge depth before being inserted more deeply. Variations of this technique were subsequently described, but it was the introduction of radiographic techniques that allowed identification of landmarks and precise positioning of the needle.
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Justins, D.M. (1994). Chemical lumbar sympathectomy. In: Jamieson, C.W., Yao, J.S.T. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6854-8_44
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