Endoscopic lumbar sympathectomy for plantar hyperhidrosis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1422-1428

  Rieger, R ^a   Pedevilla, S ^a   Pochlauer S ^a  

^a Landeskrankenhaus Gmunden ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DENERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION DISORDER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEURALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR HYPERHIDROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249116906     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6729     Document Type: Article

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