Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: Analysis of 642 procedures with special attention to horner's syndrome and compensatory hyperhidrosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 652-656

  Wait, Scott D ^a   Killory, Brendan D ^a   Lekovic, Gregory P ^b   Ponce, Francisco A ^a   Kenny, Kathy J ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperhidrosis; Sympathectomy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERCOSTAL NEURALGIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; SYMPATHOTOMY; THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GANGLIONECTOMY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956182036     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000374719.32137.BB     Document Type: Article

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