Palmar hyperhidrosis - Which is the best level of denervation using video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy: T2 or T3 ganglion?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-285

  Yazbek, Guilherme ^a   Wolosker, Nelson ^a   Milanez De Campos, José Ribas ^a   Kauffman, Paulo ^a   Ishy, Augusto ^a   Puech Leão, Pedro ^a  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY;

ADULT; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 23744504842     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.03.041     Document Type: Article

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