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Single incision thoracoscopic sympathectomy for palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis

SAGE Open Medicine, 2014
Background: Primary hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating beyond physiological needs. It is a common disease (incidence 2.8%) that causes intense discomfort for patients.
Aram Baram
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Excision of sympathetic ganglia and the rami communicantes with histological confirmation offers better early and late outcomes in Video assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2008
Background Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy (VATS) is an established minimally invasive procedure for thoracic sympathetic blockade in patients with hyperhidrosis, facial flushing and intractable angina.
Sivalingam Sivakumar, Nanjaiah Prakash, Rathinam Sridhar, Rajesh Pala B   +3 more
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Acute Physical Stress Preconditions the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through Activation of Sympathetic Nervous System [PDF]

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Background: Stress is defined as a complicated state that related to homeostasis disturbances, over-activity of the sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses.
Alireza Imani, Hoda Parsa, Leila Gholami Chookalaei, Kamran Rakhshan, Masoomeh Golnazari, Mahdieh Faghihi   +5 more
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Surgical management of compensatory sweating: A systematic review

Frontiers in Surgery, 2023
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) surgery is a highly effective treatment of primary hyperhidrosis (PH) for the palms, face, axillae. Compensatory sweating (CS) is the most common and feared side effect of thoracic sympathectomy. CS is a phenomenon
Domenico Loizzi, Diletta Mongiello, Maria Teresa Bevilacqua, Federico Raveglia, Alfonso Fiorelli, Maria Teresa Congedo, Nicoletta Pia Ardò, Francesco Sollitto   +7 more
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Minilaparoscopic lumbar sympathectomy with 3 mm instruments for plantar hyperhidrosis [PDF]

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2020
Severe palmoplantar hyperhidrosis affects about 1.5-2.8% of the general population. Plantar hyperhidrosis (PHH) is related to foot odor, cold feet, skin lesions and infections, and even instability when walking.
Marcelo Loureiro, Arlindo Nascimento de Lemos Junior, Paolo Rogerio Oliveira Salvalaggio, Mohammad Alwazzan   +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
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Sonographic Diagnosis of an Intercostal Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
A 63‐year‐old male presented to the emergency department after being found unconscious during a welfare check. Following a prolonged three‐month hospital admission, the patient developed left flank pain. Spectral Doppler ultrasound revealed a large isoechoic lesion with layering echoes, and spectral Doppler demonstrated bidirectional flow.
Aaditya P. Singh, Peter R. Coombs
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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
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of Hyperhidrosis in Northern Hokkaido: A Single‐Center Retrospective Descriptive Study

The Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hyperhidrosis is a common condition associated with a substantial negative impact on the quality of life. Several studies have described the clinical characteristics and disease burden of patients with hyperhidrosis in Japan. However, comparable real‐world clinical data on hyperhidrosis from Hokkaido remain limited. We therefore evaluated real‐
Mari Kishibe, Aiko Noguchi, Marika Matsuya, Kou Matsumoto, Satomi Igawa, Yasuyuki Fujita   +5 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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