ReviewWorld journal of surgery2008
The correlation between the method of sympathetic ablation for palmar hyperhidrosis and the occurrence of compensatory hyperhidrosis: a review.
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- Optimal targeting of sympathetic chain levels for treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis: an updated systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Pooled it
- Compensatory sweating after restricting or lowering the level of sympathectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2015Pooled it
- Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial of T2 versus T2-T3 ablation in endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Trial
- Effect of lowering or restricting sympathectomy levels on compensatory sweating.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2014Trial
- Twenty months of evolution following sympathectomy on patients with palmar hyperhidrosis: sympathectomy at the T3 level is better than at the T2 level.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2009Trial
- Systemic effect of sympathectomy in the treatment of localized hyperhidrosis.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Bilateral one-stage single-port sympathicotomy in primary focal hyperhidrosis, a prospective cohort study: treat earlier?Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Can we predict the compensatory hyperhidrosis following a thoracic sympathectomy?Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2019Article
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- Pulsed radiofrequency stimulation suppresses palmar hyperhidrosis in an animal study.Brain and behavior · 2017Article
- Is compensatory hyperhidrosis after thoracic sympathicotomy in palmar hyperhidrosis patients related to the excitability of thoracic sympathetic ganglions?Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
- Quality of life after endoscopic lumbar sympathectomy for primary plantar hyperhidrosis.World journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Expanded level of sympathetic chain removal does not increase the incidence or severity of compensatory hyperhidrosis after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2014Article
- Thoracic sympathetic nerve reconstruction for compensatory hyperhidrosis: the Melbourne technique.Annals of translational medicine · 2014Article
- Extent of sympathectomy affects postoperative compensatory sweating and satisfaction in patients with palmar hyperhidrosis.Journal of anesthesia · 2014Article
- Optimization of sympathectomy to treat palmar hyperhidrosis.Surgical endoscopy · 2013Article
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of thoracic sympathectomy in the treatment of primary hyperhidrosis of hands and armpits using the measurement of skin resistance.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2012Article
- Endoscopic transthoracic limited sympathotomy for palmar-plantar hyperhidrosis: outcomes and complications during a 10-year period.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2011Article
- Endoscopic lumbar sympathectomy following thoracic sympathectomy in patients with palmoplantar hyperhidrosis.World journal of surgery · 2011Article
- Endoscopic lumbar sympathectomy following thoracic sympathectomy in patients with palmoplantar hyperhidrosis.World journal of surgery · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundUpper dorsal sympathectomy achieves excellent long-term results in the treatment of primary palmar hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis (CHH) remains an unexplained sequel of this treatment, attaining in a small percentage of cases disastrous proportions. It has been claimed that lowering the level of sympathectomy (from T2 to T3 and even T4), substituting resection by other means of ablation, and limiting its extend reduce the occurrence of this sequel. This review was designed to evaluate the validity of these claims.
methodsA MEDLINE search was performed for the years 1990--2006 and all publications about thoracoscopic upper dorsal sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis were retrieved.
resultsThe search identified 42 techniques of sympathetic ablation. However, pertinent data for the present study were reported for only 23 techniques with multiple publications found only for 10. The only statistically valid results from this review point that T2 resection and R2 transection of the chain (over the second rib) ensue in less CHH than does electrocoagulation of T2. Further comparisons were probably prevented due to the enormous disparity in the reported results, indicating lack of standardization in definitions.
conclusionsThe compiled results published so far in the literature do not support the claims that lowering the level of sympathetic ablation, using a method of ablation other than resection, or restricting the extend of sympathetic ablation for primary palmar hyperhidrosis result in less CHH. In the future, standardization of the methods of retrieving and reporting data are necessary to allow such a comparison of data.
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