The society of thoracic surgeons expert consensus for the surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1642-1648

  Cerfolio, Robert J ^a,c   De Campos, Jose Ribas Milanez ^b   Bryant, Ayesha S ^c   Connery, Cliff P ^d   Miller, Daniel L ^e   Decamp, Malcolm M ^f   McKenna, Robert J ^g   Krasna, Mark J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ANTIPERSPIRANT AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; OXYBUTYNIN; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRADYCARDIA; CAUTERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; IONTOPHORESIS; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955377501     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.105     Document Type: Article

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