P. Dumont et al., BILATERAL THORACOSCOPY FOR SYMPATHECTOMY IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERHIDROSIS, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 11(4), 1997, pp. 774-775
Thoracoscopic sympathectomy has been established as the least invasive
technique with high success rates for treatment of palmary hyperhidro
sis [1,4,5]. In our procedure both sides are treated during the same o
peration. A bilateral thoracoscopy was performed in 20 patients for in
capacitating hyperhidrosis immediate complications at operation were m
inimal. All patients reported satisfaction with the procedure in spite
of compensatory sweating. The short hospital stay has significant fin
ancial benefits and these are increased if both sides are treated at t
he same time. This procedure is more aggressive than the single side p
rocedure but the morbidity is not increased. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science
B.V.