Thoracodorsal sympathectomy for severe hyperhydrosis: Posterior bilateral versus unilateral staged sympathectomy

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Doblas, Manuel ^a,c   Gutierrez, Ramon ^a   Fontcuberta, Juan ^a   Orgaz, Antonio ^a   Lopez, Paloma ^a   Criado, Enrique ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACODORSAL SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344211477     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0343-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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