Long-term results of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for upper limb hyperhidrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1075-1079

  Gossot, Dominique ^a   Galetta, Domenico ^a   Pascal, Antoine ^a   Debrosse, Denis ^a   Caliandro, Raffaele ^a   Girard, Philippe ^a   Stern, Jean Baptiste ^a   Grunenwald, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND PALM; HEALING; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; XEROSIS;

ADULT; ARM; AXILLA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037385882     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04657-X     Document Type: Article

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