ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2017
Thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: from surgical indications to clinical results.
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- Perioperative Sympathetic Blockade: Mechanisms and Clinical Advances in Sensory Processing Modulation - A Narrative Review.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Perioperative management of thoracoscopic left cardiac sympathetic denervation for refractory long QT syndrome: a case report.JA clinical reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Radiofrequency Ablation and Comparison With Surgical Sympathectomy in Palmar Hyperhidrosis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Predictors of Compensatory Sweating and Satisfaction Following Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathetic Chain Clipping for Palmar/Axillary Hyperhidrosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Primary hyperhidrosis: an updated review.Drugs in context · 2025Review
- Unilateral Sweating: A Case Study of Localized Unilateral Hyperhidrosis.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
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- Persistent Horner Syndrome Following Bilateral Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathotomy: A Case Report.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2024Article
- Risk Factors Affecting the Outcomes of CT-Guided Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of the T3 Sympathetic Nerve in the Treatment of Craniofacial Hyperhidrosis.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2024Article
- Robotic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis.Cureus · 2023Review
- Sympathotomy for severe compensatory hyperhidrosis in the trunk due to traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy approach to the management of non-pulmonary diseases of the chest.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Review
- Cohort study on 20 years' experience of bilateral video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy (VATS) for treatment of hyperhidrosis in 2431 patients.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaArticle
- Free-standing ambulatory endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy made with a urological resectoscope.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
- Primary Hyperhidrosis: Prevalence, Severity, and Impact on Quality of Life among Jordanian Patients.Indian journal of dermatologyArticle
- Thoracoscopic bilateral dorsal sympathectomy for primary palmo-axillary hyperhidrosis short- and mid-term results.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
Sympathectomy and its variations have been performed in thoracic surgery for more than 100 years. However, its indications have undergone profound modifications in this period. Likewise, since then the surgical technique has also evolved dramatically up to the minimally invasive techniques worldwide accessible in present days. Currently, primary hyperhidrosis is, by far, the main indication for thoracic sympathectomy and this procedure is usually carried out thoracoscopically with excellent results. However, until today, hyperhidrosis is a part of thoracic surgery still surrounded by controversy, persisting as an open field over which some confusion still resides regarding its pathophysiology, terms definitions and operative approaches. The aim of this article is to provide a wide but easily comprehensible review of the theme, discussing and clarifying the major concepts with respect to its clinical presentation, all the presently available treatment options and strategies with their potential benefits and risks, the adequate patient selection for sympathectomy, as well as the postoperative clinical results.
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