T2-T4 sympathectomy versus T3-T4 sympathicotomy for palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Scognamillo, Fabrizio ^a   Serventi, Fernando ^a   Attene, Federico ^a   Torre, Carlo ^a   Paliogiannis, Panagiotis ^a   Pala, Carlo ^a   Trignano, Emilio ^b   Trignano, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ganglion block; Hyperhidrosis; Sympathectomy; Sympathicotomy; Videothoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY HYPERHIDROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHICOTOMY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCAR; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC NERVES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958771046     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: 16191560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-010-0110-6     Document Type: Article

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