BACKGROUND The present paper aims to study the prevalence of the various manifestations of hyperhidrosis in patients who sought treatment in a specialized ambulatory in the state of São Paulo. OBJECTIVES Opposite to previous studies, this paper studies the different combinations of sweating sites, not being restricted to the main complaint site of the patients, but taking into consideration s...

Objective: This prospective study aimed at investigating predictive factors for compensatory sweating after thoracoscopic sympathectomy. Methods: From 2000 to 2002, 80 patients (53 females and 27 males) underwent thoracoscopic sympathectomy to treat hyperhidrosis. Patient ages ranged from 12 to 56 years, and the mean postoperative follow-up period was 42.51 ± 5.98 months. Patient satisfaction w...

head and neck or parotid disease, physical examination revealed no neurological signs, no associated Horner's syndrome or other autonomic dysfunction was observed and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and brainstem were normal. There are few reports demonstrating the presence of enlarged sweat glands in the affected skin of patients with localized hyperhidrosis and the lesions have been c...

BACKGROUND Primary hyperhidrosis is a disorder of excessive sweating, which shares several features with anxiety disorders and has a negative impact on a patient's quality of life. Oral glycopyrrolate is one of the treatments available. There are a few published studies on the use of glycopyrrolate given orally in the treatment of hyperhidrosis. METHODS Thies is study was a review of case not...

Limited efficacy, costs, side-effects and complications are issues of concern for most current therapeutic modalities for focal hyperhidrosis. This study evaluated the efficacy of topical oxybutynin 10% gel in treating 61 patients with primary focal hyperhidrosis. The gel was applied to the right or left axilla, palms or soles vs. a placebo compound to the contralateral side for 30 days. A blin...

BACKGROUND Primary hyperhidrosis (PH) can lead to mood changes due to the inconveniences it causes. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the existence of anxiety and depression in patients with severe primary hyperhidrosis who sought treatment at a medical office. METHODS The questionnaire "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" was used for 197 individuals, in addition to the chi square t...

[17] Doblas M, Gutierrez R, Fontcuberta J, Orgaz A, Lopez P, Criado E. Thoracodorsal sympathectomy for severe hyperhidrosis: posterior bilateral versus unilateral staged sympathectomy. Ann Vasc Surg 2003; 17:97–102. [18] Lardinois D, Ris HB. Minimally invasive video-endoscopic sympathectomy by use of a transaxillary single port approach. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;21:67–70. [19] Ojimba TA, Ca...

BACKGROUND Primary hyperhidrosis (P.H.H.) is characterized by excessive sweating in certain parts of body. It's estimated prevalence is 0%-6.1% in different populations. In Asian population its prevalence is around 3%. In 57% of cases, there is a positive family history. OBJECTIVES To evaluate and compare the early and late satisfaction, outcomes and complications of thoracoscopic sympathecto...

OBJECTIVE This prospective study aimed at investigating predictive factors for compensatory sweating after thoracoscopic sympathectomy. METHODS From 2000 to 2002, 80 patients (53 females and 27 males) underwent thoracoscopic sympathectomy to treat hyperhidrosis. Patient ages ranged from 12 to 56 years, and the mean post-operative follow-up period was 42.51 +/- 5.98 months. Patient satisfactio...

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the mid-term outcome (average follow-up 10 months, range 6-18 months) and value of transaxillary single-port thoracic sympathectomy using a thoracoscope with an operating channel for the treatment of hyperhidrosis. Between December 1992 and October 2002, 176 consecutive patients (94 men, 82 women, mean age 21 years) with hyperhidrosis underwen...