Anatomical Basis for a Successful Upper Limb Sympathectomy in the Thoracoscopic Era

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-299

  Ramsaroop, L ^a   Singh, B ^b   Moodley, J ^b   Partab, P ^a   Satyapal, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Second thoracic ganglionectomy; Thoracoscopy; Upper limb sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CADAVER; CERVICAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLIONECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS PALMARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPPER LIMB SYMPATHECTOMY; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADULT; CADAVER; FASCIA; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GANGLIONECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PLEURA; PLEURAL CAVITY; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THORACIC NERVES; THORACOSCOPY; UPPER EXTREMITY; VEINS;

EID: 2342568927     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10238     Document Type: Article

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