Technical difficulties and complications of sympathectomy in the treatment of hyperhidrosis: An analysis of 1731 cases

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-453

  De Andrade Filho, Laert Oliveira ^a   Kuzniec, Sérgio ^a   Wolosker, Nelson ^b   Yazbek, Guilherme ^b   Kauffman, Paulo ^b   Milanez De Campos, José Ribas ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIPYRONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANHIDROSIS; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLEURA ADHESION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; TISSUE ADHESION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876682915     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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