Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Isolated Facial Blushing

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1863-1866

  Licht, Peter B ^a   Ladegaard, Lars ^a   Pilegaard, Hans K ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACE DISORDER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATED FACIAL BLUSHING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPERHIDROSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUSHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646851055     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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