Uniportal endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for treatment of palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis: Analysis of 2000 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 84-87

  Lin, Torng Sen ^a,b   Kuo, Shou Jen ^a   Chou, Ming Chih ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axillary hyperhidrosis; Palmar hyperhidrosis; Uniportal endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; AXILLA; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIPORTAL ENDOSCOPIC THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036870781     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200211002-00012     Document Type: Article

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