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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term results, quality of life, satisfaction and compensatory sweating after endothoracic sympathetic block at T4 (ESB4). METHODS Patients who underwent an ESB4 procedure for palmar or palmoaxillary hyperhidrosis between 2001 and 2008 were included in a prospective study at a university hospital. Questionnaires devised by Keller and Milanez...

Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) is a recognized treatment for the temporary relief of refractory palmar hyperhidrosis. Unfortunately, intradermal injection of BTX-A can be painful. Several modalities to reduce the pain of injection have consequently been devised. Peripheral nerve blockade with lidocaine before BTX-A treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis is a safe and effective method of pain relief....

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)....

Background: Primary hyperhidrosis is a condition of excessive sweating on certain parts the body with unknown cause. The severity and location primary vary are thought to affect quality life.Purpose: study aims determine association between locations life in medical students.Methods: This was conducted 77 students at Atma Jaya Catholic University Indonesia. Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale ...

Background: Approximately, 3% of the world’s population have hyperhidrosis, a situation in which excessive sweating occurs in response to the need to regulate body temperature. Endoscopic devices have been used for treatment of this disease through sympathicotomy. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness and adverse effects of endoscopic sympathicotomy in treatment of h...

Damage to the thoracic sympathic chain is a rare complication of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pleurectomy. We report our experience with a patient who underwent parietal pleurectomy and bullectomy by VATS and postoperatively suffered from palmar anhydrosis and compensatory controlateral hyperhidrosis. The possible mechanisms of nerve damage and various techniques of performing pleurec...

Pachyonychia congenital (PC) is a rare genodermatosis affecting the nails, skin, oral mucosae, larynx, hair, and teeth. General clinical presentation includes thickening of finger and toenails, painful plantar keratoderma, hyperhidrosis, oral leukokeratosis, follicular keratosis, palmar keratoderma, cutaneous cysts, hoarseness, twisted hair and prenatal or natal teeth. Clinically, PC is d...

Primary focal hyperhidrosis is a common disorder for which treatment is often a therapeutic challenge. A systematic review of current literature on the various treatment modalities for primary focal hyperhidrosis was performed and a step-by-step approach for the different types of primary focal hyperhidrosis (axillary, palmar, plantar and craniofacial) was established. Non-surgical treatments (...