Temporary Thoracoscopic Sympathetic Block for Hyperhidrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1211-1216

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

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; PROBATHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TEMPORARY THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHETIC BLOCK; THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749129262     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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