Video-assisted thorascopic sympathectomy: Indications and own results 1995-1997;Videoassistierte thorakoskopische sympathektomie: Indikations-spektrum und eigene resultate (1995-1997)

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 985-992

  Ghisletta, N ^a,c   Habicht, J ^a   Stulz, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Chirurgische Klinik Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Hyperhidrosis; Sympathectomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPES; THORACOSCOPY; VASCULAR DISEASES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033519971     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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