Oesophageal Sensation After Sympathectomy

[Irreversible Horner's syndrome after bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy].

CASE REPORT A 19 year-old boy who developed a right Horner's syndrome after a bilateral sympathectomy as a treatment for palmoplantar hyperhidrosis. DISCUSSION Horner's syndrome is defined by the occurrence of miosis, ptosis and enophthalmos as a result of involvement of sympathetic innervation. This is quite rare, but identification is very important because it may also be an ominous sign se...

Prognosis in Raynaud's Phenomenon after Sympathectomy.

The family history of diabetes in the first-degree relatives of 1,307 patients at the diagnosis of clinical diabetes is compared with a similar family history in 859 control-group subjects. The results are matched for siblings and parents in different age-groups, and are also compared with the known rate of clinical diabetes at different ages. Under 30, compared with a nondiabetic control, a di...

Objective evaluation of plantar hyperhidrosis after sympathectomy

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to prospectively, randomly, blindly, and objectively investigate how surgery affects plantar sudoresis in patients with palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis over a one-year period using a sudorometer (VapoMeter). METHODS From February 2007 to May 2009, 40 consecutive patients with combined palmar hyperhidrosis and plantar hyperhidrosis underwent video-as...

Oesophageal candidiasis after omeprazole therapy.

Oesophageal candidiasis was diagnosed incidentally at endoscopy in two patients receiving omeprazole therapy. There were no other predisposing factors for the development of candidiasis. The infection was resolved rapidly by anti-candidal therapy and by stopping omeprazole. These findings suggest that gastric acid secretion and physiological reflux of acid into the oesophagus may play a protect...

Effect of Fibrolysin and Antithyroidin on Raynaud's Disease (after Sympathectomy)