Primary Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis and Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy: A New Objective Assessment Method

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Tetteh, Hassan A ^a   Groth, Shawn S ^a   Kast, Teri ^a   Whitson, Bryan A ^a   Radosevich, David M ^a   Klopp, Amy C ^a   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^a   Maddaus, Michael A ^a   Andrade, Rafael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY PALMOPLANTAR HYPERHIDROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN WATER LOSS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649230928     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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