Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1047
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original article: General thoracic
Invited commentary
Thomas M. Daniel, MD
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800679, 1221 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0679
(Email: tmd5m@virginia.edu).
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Licht and co-authors [1] call attention to the gustatory side effects of thoracoscopic sympathectomy in their retrospective study of 238 patients during an 8-year period. This side effect is described by the authors as postoperative facial sweating when eating certain foods, particularly spicy foods or acidic fruits such as apples or oranges. They observe the incidence of gustatory sweating to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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