Resympathectomy for sympathetic regeneration

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Singh, B ^a,b   Moodley, J ^a   Haffejee, A A ^a   Ramdial, P K ^a   Robbs, J V ^a   Rajaruthnam, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Resympathectomy; Sympathetic regeneration; Thoracoscopic sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0031849385     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199808000-00002     Document Type: Article

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