Sympathectomy is the treatment to use when all else fails in the management of hyperhidrosis. The procedure is effective in the majority of patients, authors of a recent literature review have ...
Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating, especially of the palms and armpits. In endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, keyhole surgery using an endoscope (a type of thin telescope) is done through a small ...
Primary hyperhidrosis (PHH) is a genetic disease with extreme perspiration of palms, armpits, feet and sometimes head in response to stress or temperature [1-3]. The disease usually starts in early ...
MEDICAL therapy has been disappointing in the painful and disabling effects of arteriosclerosis of the lower extremities. In the past fifteen years an increasing number of patients have been subjected ...
Background: Recent studies demonstrate that botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) decreases palmar hyperhidrosis. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of BTX-A for palmar hyperhidrosis. Methods: ...
Lumbar sympathectomy was performed for the first time by Julio Diez in 1924 in Buenos Aires [1]. Royle in Australia and Adson in the USA performed it at the same time (1925) [2]. Diez, Royle and Adson ...
Hinton and Lord 7 reported 152 hypertensive patients operated on by the Smithwick technic between February, 1942, and May, 1945. Follow-up study after six months showed that 53 per cent had a fall in ...
The Center for Hyperhidrosis, a medical facility specializing in excessive sweating treatments, has acquired Hyperhidrosis.com and transitioned its primary digital presence from Sweaty-Palms.com to ...