Fast track your treatment
To book an appointment or speak with one of our friendly team, please get in touch using the options below
Welcome to the Circle Health Group website. We've changed our name from BMI Healthcare. Just as before, we have thousands of specialists offering expert healthcare. Click here to find a specialist or a hospital near you.
A presacral sympathectomy has been used to alleviate pelvic pain from dysmenorrhea and pelvic cancer
A presacral sympathectomy is the cutting or cauterisation of the ganglion of nerves in and by this space.
It is a treatment for pelvic pain – nerves in this area being those that carry that pain to the brain.
Historically it has been used to treat dysmenorrhea, this is uncommon today.
The removal of pelvic pain indicates it can be useful in treating endometriosis.
This involves arthroscopy – keyhole surgery – and a general anaesthetic. Incisions will be made into the trunk to allow entry into the pelvic region.
Physical movement is possible the next day – the incisions necessary are small but will require some rest and time to heal.
The use of a general anaesthetic will usually require an overnight stay in hospital and returning to home the day after the operation.
Specific to a sympathectomy there is also the possibility of damage to nerves surrounding the targets.
Consultant in Pain Medicine
MBBS FRCA FFPMRCA
Hendon Hospital
Consultant in Pain Management
MBChB FFARCS
The Alexandra Hospital 1 more The Beardwood Hospital
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
MD PhD FRCA FFPMRCA
The Clementine Churchill Hospital
Consultant in Pain Management
DA, FRCA, FCARCSI, FPMRCA
The Highfield Hospital 3 more The Alexandra Hospital The Beardwood Hospital The Beaumont Hospital
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
FFPMRCA FRCA MbCHB BSc (Hons) PGCERT (Med Ed.)
The Alexandra Hospital
Pain Management Consultant
MB BS, FRCA, PhD, FFPMRCA
Goring Hall Hospital