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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1422
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Surgery Associates, 3791 Katella Ave, #201, Los Alamitos, CA 90720
(Email: f.baumgartner@earthlink.net).
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To the Editor:
Dewey and colleagues [1] and Reisfeld [2] suggested that including T2 in the sympathectomy level increases the incidence of severe compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) and dissatisfaction rates. But in Dewey and colleagues [1] report and Reisfelds [2] letter, T2 sympathectomy was done for facial sweating and blushing. Because the level of sympathectomy was always decided by the location of the primary hyperhidrosis, the latter may well explain the risk of increased CH and patient dissatisfaction. Dewey and colleagues [1] noted
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