Thoracoscopic cervicodorsal sympathectomy with diathermy

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 582-585

  Cartier, Benoît ^a,c,d   Cartier, Paul ^b,c  

^a Ctr Hosp Regl du Suroît   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Hôpital Jean Talon   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032720009     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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