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

Yamamoto, H; Okada, M; Kanehira, A; Yamada, A; Kawamura, M · Ann Thorac Surg · 1999

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Abstract

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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