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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2361-2363
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Clinical experience with video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy through the retrosternal pulmonary junction

Hidehiro Yamamoto, MDa, Masayoshi Okada, MDa, Akio Kanehira, MDb, Akitoshi Yamada, MDa, Munenori Kawamura, MDc

a Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
b Department of Surgery, Hyougo Hospital, Kobe, Japan
c Department of Surgery, Kyowa Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Address reprint requests to Dr Yamamoto, Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-chou, Chuoku, Kobe, Japan 650-0017

A new technique of video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy through retrosternal pulmonary junction can be done safely using a scope guide and a flexible scope. Bilateral thoracic sympathectomy was performed, employing a single skin incision, in 18 patients with palmar hyperhidrosis. The advantages include minimal neuralgia and superior cosmesis.




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