Abstract
Primary hyperhidrosis is a disorder that is characterized by excessive sweating in disproportion to that required for thermoregulation. In most cases, this is aggravated by emotional factors and by heat. Hyperhidrosis can be seen in the palms of the hands, armpits, soles of the feet and face. The principal characteristic of this disease is the intense discomfort of patients, which affects their social and professional life. Treatment modalities include topical application of aluminum chloride, iontophoresis, anticholinergics, botulinum toxin injection, liposuction, excision of sweat glands, and thoracic sympathectomy. Between January 1998 and August 2007, a prospective study of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomies for palmar hyperhidrosis was undertaken based on case histories and a prospective pre- and postoperative questionnaire survey. The sample comprised of 322 patients with a mean age of 24 years. At Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India, bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic T3 level sympathectomies were performed in all cases. All patients had immediate cessation of palmar hyperhidrosis. The mean postoperative stay was 1.1 days. A questionnaire was completed based on their response to a telephone conversation or e-mail. A p...Continue Reading
References
Mar 1, 1978·Archives of Surgery·M Kux
Dec 1, 1986·Mayo Clinic Proceedings·J W White
Jan 1, 1987·Dermatologica·E Hölzle, N Alberti
Mar 1, 1994·Archives of Surgery·D ShachorU Freund
Feb 1, 1993·Archives of Surgery·C DrottG Claes
Apr 1, 1997·European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery·P DumontB Toumieux
Nov 14, 1997·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·D GossotM Célérier
Jan 19, 1999·Dermatologic Clinics·L P Stolman
Oct 30, 1999·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·J ZacherlR Függer
Nov 11, 1999·Surgical Endoscopy·P R ReardonJ L Marti
Apr 14, 2000·Neurosurgery·V VanaclochaF Panta
May 12, 2000·Neurosurgery·J B WahligJ D Luketich
Jan 9, 2001·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery·C S WeightW W Barrie
Apr 5, 2001·Surgical Endoscopy·T S Lin
May 17, 2001·Surgical Endoscopy·M HashmonaiD Kopelman
Sep 22, 2001·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·T S Lin
Oct 19, 2001·Archives of Surgery·C P HsuC Y Chen
Dec 1, 2001·Surgical Endoscopy·M RietH J Bonjer
Jan 15, 2002·European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery·Didier Lardinois, Hans Beat Ris
Feb 21, 2002·Journal of Vascular Surgery·Kyung M RoSamuel S Ahn
Mar 8, 2002·The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·In-Hyuk ChungDoo-Yun Lee
Aug 24, 2002·Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques·Rafael ReisfeldAlon Pnini
Aug 1, 1951·Diseases of the Chest·E KUX
Aug 17, 2005·Journal of Vascular Surgery·Guilherme YazbekPedro Puech-Leão
Apr 30, 2008·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·Xu LiZhu-Jian Dai
Jan 24, 2009·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·Xu LiHui-Weng Miao
Jan 1, 2008·Journal of Minimal Access Surgery·Arun Prasad
Citations
Feb 14, 2013·Surgical Endoscopy·Meera KharbandaAshish Malik
May 7, 2013·Surgical Endoscopy·Bo Deng
Feb 23, 2013·European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery·Tarik PurtulogluAlparslan Turan
Feb 27, 2013·Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery·Mette Reinholdt KnudsenHans K Pilegaard
Jun 7, 2012·Surgery Today·Sônia Oliveira LimaFrancisco Prado Reis
Aug 26, 2014·Dermatologic Clinics·Henning Hamm
Jan 22, 2014·European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery·Hua TangXuewei Zhao
Sep 3, 2013·Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology·Jessica A Adefusika, Jerry D Brewer
Nov 4, 2011·Journal of Vascular Surgery·Nelson WoloskerFábio Biscegli Jatene
Apr 9, 2017·Surgical Endoscopy·Hai-Wei SangMin Zhu
Dec 23, 2017·Health Technology Assessment : HTA·Ros WadeNerys Woolacott
Oct 18, 2012·Yonsei Medical Journal·Tong-yuan ZhangJin-jin Xu
Sep 26, 2019·Clinical Autonomic Research : Official Journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society·Fabio Nishida HasimotoAntônio José Maria Cataneo
May 30, 2019·Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões·Eveline Montessi NicoliniFlávio Vieira Marques Filho
Feb 7, 2019·Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicaça̋o oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia·Ana Paula FerreiraDjalma Rabelo Ricardo