Transthoracic endoscopic sympathectomy in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis - With emphasis on perioperative management (1,360 case analyses)

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 453-457

  Lin, Torng Sen ^a   Fang, Hsin Yuan ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sympathectomy; Hyperhidrosis palmaris

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032761038     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00111-1     Document Type: Article

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