Further to the above posting about this continuous peridural anesthesia, I've been in a conversation with someone offline about the term sympathicolysis, that term is defined as

SYMPATHICOLYTIC Interfering with, opposing, inhibiting, or destroying impulses from the sympathetic nervous system.

"so a lumbar nerve block is a form of sympathicolysis, but short term because it is a single shot, while a continuous epidural block is also a form of sympathicolysis, but longer terms since it is a continuous amount of medication given over a week's time?"

I believe that to be correct.

I thought this might be of some value in helping to understand the procedure.

MsL