Results, side effects and complications after thoracoscopic sympathetic block by clamping: The Monza clinical experience

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-83

  Sciuchetti, Jennifer Francesca ^a   Corti, Fabrizio ^a   Ballabio, Dario ^a   Angeli, Marcello Costa ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Clipping; Compensatory hyperhidrosis; Endoscopic thoracic surgery; Hyperhidrosis; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CAUSALGIA; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HEMATOTHORAX; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049120247     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-008-0460-5     Document Type: Article

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