Institutional report - Thoracic general. Bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy: Results and long-term follow-up

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Jeganathan, Reubendra ^a   Jordan, Simon ^a   Jones, Mark ^a   Grant, Stephen ^a   Diamond, Owen ^a   McManus, Kieran ^a   Graham, Alastair ^a   McGuigan, Jim ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sympathectomy; Sympaticotomy; Thoracoscopic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHILD; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOSCOPY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049122203     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.162479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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