Improved quality of life after sympathetic block for upper limb hyperhidrosis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-586

  Panhofer, P ^a   Zacherl, J ^a   Jakesz, R ^a   Bischof, G ^a,b   Neumayer, C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b St Josef Krankenhaus   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARM; AXILLA; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; VASOMOTOR RHINITIS;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646468829     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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