T4 sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis: looking for the right operation

Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 784-789

  Mahdy, Tarek ^a   Youssef, Tamer ^a   Elmonem, Hesham Abd ^a   Omar, Waleed ^a   Elateef, Atef Abd ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEST PAIN; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HAND; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44749084530     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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