Trial reportMedicine2017
Comparison of T2 and T3 sympathectomy for compensatory sweating on palmar hyperhidrosis.
Trial report in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- T2-sparing vs T2-including sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: a meta-analysis on compensatory sweating.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Near-infrared fluorescence imaging for intraoperative identification of thoracic sympathetic ganglia during VATS ganglionectomy: a randomized controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Trial
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy versus modified Wittmoser method in surgical management of primary hyperhidrosis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2020Article
- A comparative study of thoracoscopic sympathectomy for the treatment of hand sweating.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Extended uniportal bilateral sympathectomy.Journal of visualized surgery · 2018Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAn otherwise successfully performed endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) to treat palmar hyperhidrosis (PH) often has a serious side effect: compensatory sweating (CS). This side effect occurs in other parts of the body to a disturbing extent. The objective of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between the level of ETS performed on patients with PH, and the occurrence and severity of postoperational CS.
methodsBetween January 2014 and January 2015, ETS procedures were performed on 25 randomly selected consecutive subjects (group A) at T2 level, and on another 25 subjects (group B) at T3 level, who all felt severely handicapped due to PH. All subjects were assessed in terms of their demographic characteristics including gender and age, as well as postoperative complications, short-term results, side effects, recurrence of symptoms, and long-term results.
resultsThe symptoms disappeared in all subjects in short-term, and no recurrence was seen in their short or long-term follow-ups. At the end of year one, CS developed at a rate of 12% in group A and 8% in group B, particularly in their back and abdominal regions. The overall satisfaction with the procedure in year one was 96% in group A and 100% in group B.
conclusionWhen an ETS performed at T2 or T3 level for PH involves only the interruption of the sympathetic chain, with a limitation on the range of dissection and avoidance of any damage to ganglia, sweating is stopped completely. No recurrence of PH is encountered, and CS develops only at low rates and severities.
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