One-year follow-up after thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: Outcomes and consequences

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1227-1233

  Dewey, Todd M ^a   Herbert, Morley A ^a   Hill, Sherry L ^a   Prince, Syma L ^a   Mack, Michael J ^a  

^a MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645361142     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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