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endoscopic sympathectomy

endoscopic sympathectomy

Pain management A minimally invasive technique of selective sympathectomy, in which only the rami communicanti of the T1-T4 ganglia are divided; ES may eventually replace open thoracic sympathectomy in treating palmar hyperhidrosis Complications Compensatory sweating
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References in periodicals archive
Early complications of thoracic endoscopic sympathectomy: A prospective study of 940 procedures.
"Thoracic endoscopic sympathectomy in palmary and auxiliary hyperhidrosis," Arch Surg, Vol.113, pp.264-66.
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