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Thoracic sympathectomy for peripheral vascular disease can lead to severe bronchospasm and excessive bronchial secretions

Lung India, 2015
A 57-year-old male patient suffering from Buerger′s disease presented with pre-gangrenous changes in right foot and ischemic symptoms in right hand. Computed tomographic angiography revealed diffuse distal disease not suitable for vascular bypass and ...
Vikas Deep Goyal, Bharti Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Pal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thoracic Sympathectomy for Primary Hyperhidrosis: Focus on Post-Operative Age-Related Quality of Life

Surgeries, 2023
Primary focal hyperhidrosis is an idiopathic condition characterized by excessive sweating, predominantly localized in the hands and armpits. This condition affects about 1% of the general population and it is often associated with a deterioration of the
Gaetano Romano, Federico Davini, Alessandra Lenzini, Carmelina Cristina Zirafa, Franca Melfi   +4 more
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Evaluation of quality of life before and after videothoracoscopic simpathectomy for primary hyperhidrosis

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Objective: To assess quality of life before and after thoracoscopic sympathectomy for treatment of primary hyperhidrosis.Methods: we conducted an observational, analytical, cross-sectional and quantitative study.
João Batista Baroncello, Layla Regina Zambenedetti Baroncello, Emílio Gabriel Ferro Schneider, Guilherme Garcia Martins   +3 more
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Chemical lumbar sympathetic plexus block in Buerger′s disease: Current scenario

Indian Journal of Pain, 2014
Introduction: High incidences of Buerger′s disease (43-62%) in India draw our attention towards available treatment modalities in such patients. Patients with this disease are in severe pain and agony.
Rampal Singh, Aparna Shukla, Lakhwinder Singh Kang, Anand Prakash Verma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of videothoracoscopic sympathectomy for palmo-axillary hyperhidrosis: Quality of Life Change and patient satisfaction

Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, 2023
INTRODUCTION: Primary hyperhidrosis is a condition of excessive sweating that severely limits a person's social life. We aimed to investigate factors affecting the quality of life and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing videothoracoscopic ...
Abidin Sehitogulları, Yunus Aksoy
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary and Emerging Therapies in the Management of Refractory Angina: A Clinical Review

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Refractory angina (RA) represents a growing challenge in clinical cardiology, particularly in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) who remain symptomatic despite optimal medical therapy and who are not candidates for revascularization.
Alex Angers‐Goulet, Siddhartha Mengi, David Garcia Labbé, Can Manh Nguyen, Jean‐Michel Paradis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sympatho‐Excitation in Pulmonary Hypertension: The Potential Role of Pulmonary Arterial Baroreceptors: An Acute Physiologic Intervention Study

Respirology, EarlyView.
Pulmonary arterial baroreceptors reflexively stimulate sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in response to elevated pulmonary artery pressure and distension. In pulmonary hypertension patients, changes in muscle SNA were proportional to changes in pulmonary haemodynamics following nebulised iloprost.
Michael J. Plunkett, Ana L. C. Sayegh, Robert A. Lewis, Tanya J. McWilliams, Sasiharan Sithamparanathan, Julian F. R. Paton, James P. Fisher   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuro‐Immune Crosstalk: Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Functions, Diseases, and Therapeutic Targets

MedComm, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2026.
Neurons, immune cells, and other cellular components within the disease microenvironment (such as stromal cells and tumor cells) constitute a dynamically evolving ecosystem. Neurons directly modulate immune cell activity and inflammatory responses through the release of neurotransmitters (e.g., norepinephrine and CGRP), while also promoting tumor ...
Xin Guo, Hui Liu, Yu‐Jing Song, Jian‐Hua Wang, Danfeng Liu, Zhi‐Wei Zheng, Jia‐Jun Li, Boya Li, An Song, Wei He, Lei‐Lei Yang, Shuo Wang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison between high and low levels thoracic sympathectomy for the treatment of palmar and axillary primary hyperhidrosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Primary hyperhidrosis (PH) is a condition that has a great impact on affected individuals' quality of life, regardless of its location. Its surgical treatment is done through thoracic sympathectomy performed by videothoracoscopy.
GILMAR FELISBERTO JÚNIOR, CLÁUDIO JOSÉ RUBIRA, JOÃO PAULO SANCHES BERUMUDES, SALUM BUENO DA-SILVEIRA-JÚNIOR   +3 more
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Risk of sympathectomy after anterior and lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedures

Biomedical Papers, 2015
Aim: The aim of this study was to identify retrospectively, lumbar sympathectomy (SE) using thermography (TG) and to evaluate clinically, the severity of post-sympathectomy (post-SE) dysfunction after anterior and lateral lumbar interbody fusion ...
Lumir Hrabalek, Jan Sternbersky, Milan Adamus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source