Evaluation of the effectiveness of thoracic sympathectomy in the treatment of primary hyperhidrosis of hands and armpits using the measurement of skin resistance

Wideochirurgia I Inne Techniki Maloinwazyjne

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Misiak, Piotr ^a   Jabłoński, Sławomir ^a   Rzepkowska Misiak, Beata ^a   Piskorz, Łukasz ^a   Brocki, Marian ^a   Wcisło, Szymon ^a   Smigielski, Jacek ^a   Kordiak, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Primary hyperhidrosis; Skin resistance; Sympathectomy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; GANGLION; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REMISSION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY; THUMB;

EID: 84866772132     PISSN: 18954588     EISSN: 22990054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/wiitm.2011.26843     Document Type: Article

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