You are caring for a client who is scheduled for a sympathectomy. In what disease process would a sympathectomy be performed to relieve vasospasm?
A) Thromboangiitis obliterans
B) Restrictive cardiomyopathy
C) Rheumatic carditis
D) Thrombophlebitis
A
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Sympathectomy, the surgical interruption or suppression of some portion of the sympathetic nerve pathway, is performed to relieve vasospasm. None of the other answers would require a sympathectomy to relieve vasospasm.
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