HOW WE DO IT Suction Curettage of the Sweat GlandsFAn Update

Suction curettage of the sweat glands has become established in recent years as a standard therapy for managing cases of axillary hyperhidrosis that have proved resistant to conservative therapy. Hitherto, a recurrence rate of 20% to 40% has had to be reckoned with for this operation, but through new methods of operation and new instruments, it has been possible to reduce the rate of recidivation to less than 6%. In the case of 168 suction curettages that were kept under follow-up observation after 12 months in our collective, we had to perform nine re-operations (5.3%). The volume of sweat in the axillary regions of all other patients after the operation was reduced approximately 80%. In the case of most patients, this corresponds to a normal level. The following describes our operating procedure in more detail.