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Assessment of the learning curve of video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy in a single neurosurgical trainee: a cumulative summation analysis

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021
Background Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy (VATS) is a common procedure unusually practiced by neurosurgeons due to lack of training. Objective To evaluate the learning curve for VATS in a young neurosurgeon with no previous experience in open
Hazem M. Alkosha, Yasser M. Elkiran
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Biportal thoracoscopic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis in adolescents

, 2010
Object Palmar, axillary, and plantar hyperhidrosis is often socially, emotionally, and physically disabling for adolescents. The authors report surgical outcomes in all adolescents treated for palmar hyperhidrosis via bilateral thoracoscopic ...
Scott D. Wait, Gregory P. Lekovic, Curtis A. Dickman, Brendan D. Killory   +3 more
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Randomized trial - oxybutynin for treatment of persistent plantar hyperhidrosis in women after sympathectomy

Clinics, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Hyperhidrosis is a common disease, and thoracoscopic sympathectomy improves its symptoms in up to 95% of cases. Unfortunately, after surgery, plantar hyperhidrosis may remain in 50% of patients, and compensatory sweating may be observed in 70%.
Altair da Silva Costa Jr, Luiz Eduardo Villaca Leao, Jose Ernesto Succi, Joao Alessio Juliano Perfeito, Adauto Castelo Filho, Erika Rymkiewicz, Marco Aurelio Marchetti Filho   +6 more
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Treatment outcomes and objectification methods of the thoracoscopic sympathectomy in patients with focal hyperhidrosis and blushing syndrome

Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2021
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy (VATS) is an effective minimally invasive surgical method of choice for the treatment of primary focal hyperhidrosis and blushing syndrome due to uncontrolled operation of the sympathetic ...
Oleksii A. Eroshkin, Vitaliy V. Sokolov, Anastasiia V. Omelchenko, Iryna R. Luzhenetska, Dmytro M. Romanukha   +4 more
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Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Hyperhidrosis (HH) profoundly affects a patient\u27s well-being. OBJECTIVE: We report indications and outcomes of 322 patients treated for HH via thoracoscopic sympathectomy or sympathotomy at the Barrow Neurological Institute.
Lekovic, Gregory P, Dickman, Curtis A, Wait, Scott D, Scott D. Wait, Francisco A. Ponce, Gregory P. Lekovic, Kenny, Kathy J, Kathy J. Kenny, Ponce, Francisco A, Curtis A. Dickman, Brendan D. Killory, Killory, Brendan D   +11 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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Thoracoscopic sympathectomy increases efferent cardiac vagal activity and baroreceptor sensitivity

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Thoracoscopic sympathectomy at levels T2 or T2-T3 is a treatment for focal hyperhidrosis and facial blushing. These levels of the sympathetic trunk innervate the heart, and consequently, the procedure is reported to change the heart rate ...
Bygstad, Elisabeth, Hjortdal, Vibeke E, Pilegaard, Hans K., Hansen, John; id_orcid, Terkelsen, Astrid J, Pilegaard, Hans K, Mølgaard, Henning, Hjortdal, Vibeke E., Hansen, John, Terkelsen, Astrid J.   +9 more
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Thoracic sympathectomy for the treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis: systematic review and proportional meta-analysis

Annals of Medicine, 2021
Introduction Primary hyperhidrosis is a disorder that involves excessive sweat production, which has a negative impact on the quality of life.Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy (VATS) for ...
Gilmar Felisberto, Antônio José Maria Cataneo, Daniele Cristina Cataneo   +2 more
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Cohort study on 20 years’ experience of bilateral video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy (VATS) for treatment of hyperhidrosis in 2431 patients

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2022
BACKGROUND: Primary hyperhidrosis is a condition characterized by excessive sweating, inconsistent with the needs for thermoregulation. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness and the change in the quality of life of patients undergoing bilateral VATS ...
Nelson Wolosker, José Ribas Milanez de Campos, Paulo Kauffman, Marcelo Fiorelli Alexandrino da Silva, Carolina Brito Faustino, Miguel Lia Tedde, Pedro Puech-Leão, Paulo Manuel Pêgo Fernandes   +7 more
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Preventive skin analgesia with lidocaine patch for management of post‐thoracotomy pain: Results of a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study

Thoracic Cancer, Volume 10, Issue 4, Page 631-641, April 2019., 2019
Background To evaluate whether pre‐emptive skin analgesia using a lidocaine patch 5% would improve the effects of systemic morphine analgesia for controlling acute post‐thoracotomy pain. Methods This was a double‐blind, placebo controlled, prospective study.
Alfonso Fiorelli, Caterina Pace, Roberto Cascone, Annalisa Carlucci, Emanuele De Ruberto, Anna Cecilia Izzo, Beatrice Passavanti, Paolo Chiodini, Vincenzo Pota, Caterina Aurilio, Mario Santini, Pasquale Sansone   +11 more
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