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A 60 year old is unable to walk 100 yards without experiencing severe pain in his left lower leg He was told to have the sympathetic nerves of the the vasomotor tone severed How does surgery help?
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∙ 15y ago
The sympathetic nerves that controls the vasomotor tone is known to cause the smooth muscle vessels to be in a state of moderate constriction. If severed it will cause a smoother blood flow.
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