Do children tolerate thoracoscopic sympathectomy better than adults?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-347

  Steiner, Zvi ^a   Cohen, Zahavi ^b   Kleiner, Oleg ^b   Matar, Ibrahim ^c   Mogilner, Jorge ^c  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compensatory sweating; Hyperhidrosis; Satisfaction; Thoracoscopic sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATORY SWEATING; FOLLOW UP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149089366     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-2073-9     Document Type: Review

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