SynthesisGeneral thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2020
Quality of life after thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis: a meta-analysis.
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- Efficacy and safety of rib-guided percutaneous thoracic sympathetic radiofrequency thermocoagulation at two different targets for primary palmar hyperhidrosis: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of medicine · 2026Trial
- Systemic effect of sympathectomy in the treatment of localized hyperhidrosis.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Living Through Sweat: A Qualitative Study of the Pre-Surgical Decision-Making Trajectory in Patients with Palmar Hyperhidrosis.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Cardiac Autonomic Function in Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Sympathetic Chain Clamping for Primary Focal Hyperhidrosis.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
- Effect of Radiofrequency Ablation and Comparison With Surgical Sympathectomy in Palmar Hyperhidrosis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on thoracic sympathectomies performed on Brazil's Public Health System.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2025Article
- Single-center experience of thoracoscopic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis with long-term postoperative questionnaire survey.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024Article
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- Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and metabolic components between patients with hyperhidrosis and the general population: a propensity score matching analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivePalmar hyperhidrosis affects 0.6-10% of the general population, having an important impact in patients' quality of life. The definitive treatment for palmar hyperhidrosis is thoracic sympathectomy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of life after thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis.
methodsThe interest studies were searched in six comprehensive databases. The quality of the studies was assessed using the risk of bias tool recommended by the Cochrane system evaluation manual. Meta-analysis was performed with RevMan version 5.3. The outcome of interest was quality of life. The subgroup analysis and sensitive analysis were performed.
resultsNine trials, including 895 patients, with accessible data comparing preoperative quality of life score with postoperative quality-of-life score were used for data analysis. Compared with preoperative quality-of-life score, application of thoracic sympathectomy improved the postoperative quality of life of palmar hyperhidrosis patients (MD = 57.81, 95% CI 53.33-62.30). Subgroup analysis of the different thoracic sympathectomy segment showed that there was no significant difference in the results obtained when operated with single segment or multiple segments (single segment: MD = 61.16, 95% CI [56.10, 66.22], multiple segments: MD = 52.14, 95% CI [48.39, 55.88]).
conclusionThe meta-analysis provided evidence of the improved quality of life after thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis.
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