Bilateral Thoracoscopic T2 to T3 Sympathectomy Versus Botulinum Injection in Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 238-245

  Ambrogi, Vincenzo ^a   Campione, Elena ^a   Mineo, Davide ^a   Paternò, Evelin Jasmine ^a   Pompeo, Eugenio ^a   Mineo, Tommaso C ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SWEAT; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649810688     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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