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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:431. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.026
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Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited Commentary

Cliff P. Connery, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 Tenth Ave, Suite 2B07, New York, NY 10019

(Email: cconnery@chpnet.org).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Thoracic sympathectomy is an appropriate treatment for properly selected patients with hyperhidrosis who have undergone failed conservative measures.

In general the results and satisfaction after video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy are excellent for patients with palmar or palmar and axillary symptoms combined, but there is a subset who will be dissatisfied mainly due to severe compensatory sweating. Other reasons for dissatisfaction outside of complications would be inadequate control of symptoms or symptom recurrence.

Despite the extreme variations in description of results and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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