sympathectomy

Converse of object

• call: Occasionally, your specialist may feel an operation, called a sympathectomy, may be of benefit.
• have: Comments My boyfriend had a sympathectomy 5 years ago when he was 30 after trauma right below his right collarbone.

Adjective modifier

• transthoracic: This selective destruction of certain parts of the sympathetic chain is called Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy or ETS.
• endoscopic: This selective destruction of certain parts of the sympathetic chain is called Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy or ETS.
• lumbar: I am now booked in for a lumbar sympathectomy in March.
• digital: Finally a digital sympathectomy strips nerves from blood vessels in the fingers.
• cervical: Cervical sympathectomy for upper limb disease has been shown to offer little benefit.

Noun used with modifier

chemical: Improving blood flow to the peripheral limbs with a surgical vascular graft or a chemical sympathectomy.