Sympathectomy works by disabling part of the autonomic nervous system (and thereby disrupting its signals from the brain), through surgical intervention, in the expectation of removing or alleviating the designated problem.
Sympatektomi virker ved at deaktivere en del af det autonome nervesystem (og dermed forstyrre dets signaler fra hjernen), via et kirurgisk indgreb, i forventningen om at fjerne eller mindske et benævnt problem.