The Improved Operation of Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS) for Treatment of Palmar Hyperhidrosis / 医学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the clinical effect of the improved operation of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy(ETS)for treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis.Methods The improved operation of ETS was used to 105 patients with palmar hyperhidrosis.T3 sympathetic was blocked in 105 cases with palmar hyperhidrosis.Results Hand sweating disappeared and axillary sweating discreased significantly in all patients.No one had any serious complications such as bleeding and Horner Syndrome except for five patients with pneumothoraces.Compensatory sweating was found in 15 patients following up from 1~12 months after operation.Conclusion The improved operation of ETS is a simple,safe,effective and less complications procedures.