Long-term results of thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1801-1807

  Dumont, Pascal ^a,b   Denoyer, Alexandre ^a   Robin, Patrick ^a  

^a Vasc Surg U Thorac Surg U   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DYSESTHESIA; FOOT PAD; HAND PALM; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SWEATING; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 19644370171     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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