Needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery for reversal of thoracic sympathectomy
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Needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery for reversal of thoracic sympathectomy.
Thoracic sympathectomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure for the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis. However, one major complication of such a procedure is compensatory truncal hyperhidrosis. We describe an extreme case of compensatory truncal hyperhidrosis and anhidrosis over the head and neck region which led to a heatstroke. Bilateral reoperative needlescopic video-assisted thoracic ...
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− 1 − *Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine Corresponding author: Kwhanmien Kim, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, 50, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea (Tel) 82-2-3410-3485 (Fax) 82-2-3410-6986 (E-mail) kmkim0070@skku...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr121