Is the treatment of axillary osmidrosis with liposuction better than open surgery?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-97

  Perng, Cherng Kang ^a,b   Yeh, Fa Lai ^a,b   Ma, Hsu ^a,b   Lin, Jin Teh ^a,b   Hwang, Chih Hung ^a,b   Shen, Bing Hwei ^a,b   Chen, Chien Hua ^a,b   Fang, Rong Hwang ^a,b  

^a National Yang Ming University ^*

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; AXILLARY OSMIDROSIS; BLEEDING; CLOTHING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPECTOMY; LIPOSUCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SKIN NECROSIS; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUCTION ASSISTED LIPECTOMY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; AXILLA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEAT GLAND DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142766212     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000127801.15386.99     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Skoog, T., and Thyresson, N. Hyperhidrosis of the axilla: A method of surgical treatment. Acta Chir. Scand. 124: 531, 1962.
2. Bisbal, J., del Cacho, C., and Casalots, J. Surgical treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis. Ann. Plast. Surg. 18: 429, 1987.
3. Wu, W. H., Ma, S., Lin, J. L., Tang, Y. W., Fang, R. H., and Yeh, F. L. Surgical treatment of axillary osmidrosis: An analysis of 343 cases. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 94: 288, 1994.
4. Shenaq, S. M., and Spira, M. Treatment of bilateral axillary hyperhidrosis by suction-assisted lipolysis technique. Ann. Plast. Surg. 19: 548, 1987.
5. Apesos, J., and Chami, R. Functional applications of suction-assisted lipectomy: A new treatment for old disorders. Aesthetic Plast. Surg. 15: 73, 1991.
6. Ou, L. F., Yan, R. S., Chen, I. C., and Tang, Y. W. Treatment of axillary bromhidrosis with superficial liposuction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 102: 1479, 1998.
7. Chung, S., Yoo, W. M., Park, Y. G., Shin, K. S., and Park, B. Y. Ultrasonic surgical aspiration with endoscopic confirmation for osmidrosis. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 53: 212, 2000.
8. Park, S. Very superficial ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty for the treatment of axillary osmidrosis. Aesthetic Plast. Surg. 24: 275, 2000.
9. Tung, T. C. Endoscopic shaver with liposuction for treatment of axillary osmidrosis. Ann. Plast. Surg. 46: 400, 2001.
10. Tsai, R. Y., and Lin, J. Y. Experience of tumescent liposuction in the treatment of osmidrosis. Dermatol. Surg. 27: 5, 2001.
11. Park, Y. J., and Shin, M. S. What is the best method for treating osmidrosis? Ann. Plast. Surg. 47: 303, 2001.
12. Cormack, D. H. Ham's Histology, 9th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1987. P. 466.
13. Grezer, F. M. A noninvasive surgical treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis. Clin. Dermatol. 10: 357, 1992.
14. Atkins, J. L., and Butler, P. E. M. Hyperhidrosis: A review of current management. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 110: 222, 2002.
15. Tung, T. C., and Wei, F. C. Excision of subcutaneous tissue for the treatment of axillary osmidrosis. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 50: 61, 1997.
16. Park, D. H., Kim, T. M., Han, D. G., and Ahn, K. Y. A comparative study of the surgical treatment of axillary osmidrosis by instrument, manual, and combined subcutaneous shaving procedures. Ann. Plast. Surg. 41: 488, 1998.