Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis: A Randomized Control Trial Comparing T3 and T2-4 Ablation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1747-1751

  Li, Xu ^a   Tu, Yuan Rong ^a   Lin, Min ^a   Lai, Fan Cai ^a   Chen, Jian Feng ^a   Dai, Zhu Jian ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949133752     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.060     Document Type: Article

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