Outpatient Microthoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1850-1853

  Miller, Daniel L ^a   Force, Seth D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247219606     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.030     Document Type: Article

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