Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis.
HYPOTHESIS Video-assisted thoracic surgery sympathectomy is efficacious for patients with hyperhidrosis. DESIGN An experience with patients undergoing bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery sympathectomy was reviewed to evaluate the operative technique and to determine morbidity and outcomes. SETTING Academic health center. PATIENTS The cohort included 31 patients (22 women and 9 men)....
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.6.586