Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
Abstract：Objective To review our experience with endoscopic thoracicsympathectomy. Methods Retrospectively analyze the prognosis of 58 patients with hyperhidrosis treated with endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, review the literatures and summarize the application of the operation. Result All patients were successfully cured， Complications were pneumothorax(4 cases), compensative sweat(2 cases), inte rcostal neuralgia(1 cases). Conclusion Endoscopic thoracic s ympathectomy, which is simple and safe, can be used to treat hyperhidrosis, cau salgia, Raynaud's disease, angina pectoris and social phobia.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 29-30 )