Retroperitoneoscopic lumbar sympathectomy for the treatment of plantar hyperhidrosis: Technique and preliminary findings

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-135

  Rieger, R ^a   Pedevilla, S ^a  

^a Landeskrankenhaus Gmunden ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Hyperhidrosis; Lumbar sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COURSE EVALUATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MALE; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR HYPERHIDROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845672988     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0690-8     Document Type: Article

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