Minimizing Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Primary Palmar Hyperhidrosis: Guided by Palmar Skin Temperature and Laser Doppler Blood Flow

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-431

  Li, Xu ^a   Tu, Yuan Rong ^a   Lin, Min ^a   Lai, Fan Cai ^a   Chen, Jian Feng ^a   Miao, Hui Weng ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249139467     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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