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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1578-1579
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Amelioration of Specific Phobias After Thoracic Sympathetic Block in Patients With Localized Hyperhidrosis

Matthias O. Biebl, MDa, Gustav Fraedrich, MDa, Peter Larcher, MDa, Helmut Biedermann, MDa, Matthias O. Biebl, MDb, Wilfried Biebl, MDc

a Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria
b Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria
c Department of Psychiatry and Psychosocial Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria

(Email: helmut.biedermann@uibk.ac.at).

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To the Editor:

Primary localized hyperhidrosis has an incidence of 0.15% to 1% in the general population [1, 2] and is frequently the cause for severe social, emotional, and occupational handicaps [1]. The reference treatment for essential palmar or facial hyperhidrosis is endoscopic upper thoracic sympathetic block between Th2 and Th4 [1–3], terminating this hyperhidrosis in 95% to 99% of patients [2]. Scant data regard hyperhidrosis and psychopathology; however most patients lack overt psychopathology. Instead, the often associated anxiety, depression, . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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