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ITS EFFECTS IN CASES OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

WINCHELL McK. CRAIG, M.D.; GEORGE E. BROWN, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1934;54(4):577-596.

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On the basis of postmortem investigation and theoretical consideration, section of the splanchnic nerves was suggested by Jean¹ in 1921 for the relief of pyloric spasm, hyperacidity and hypersecretion. In 1923 Daniélopolu,² considering the importance of the splanchnic nerves in the regulation of arterial pressure, conceived the idea of their resection in the treatment of hypertension. In the same year, Brüning³ suggested the same surgical procedure, and in 1924 Pende⁴ proposed before the Congress of Internal Medicine at Milan surgical treatment of arterial hypertension which consisted of resecting the left splanchnic nerves. In 1927 Pieri⁵ performed unilateral resection of the splanchnic nerves for intestinal atony. In 1930 Pieri,⁴ following the suggestion of Pende, successfully resected the left splanchnic nerves of two patients suffering from arterial hypertension. In 1932, Durante,⁴ of Genoa, resected the large and small left splanchnic nerves of two patients suffering from different arterial diseases. These cases were . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Division of Neurosurgery (Dr. Craig) and Medicine (Dr. Brown), the Mayo Clinic.

Footnotes
Read before the Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Association of American Physicians, Washington, D. C., May 9, 1933.

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