Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a procedure most commonly performed to treat excessive sweating in a body part like your hands or armpits. During ETS, a surgeon cuts the trunk of a nerve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETs) is often avoided by dermatologists due to its risks. In these interviews ...

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 ...

Facial blushing is reddening of the face because of excessive blood flow to the skin. In endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, keyhole surgery using an endoscope (a type of thin telescope) is done ...

Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating beyond the needs of thermoregulation. It is disease which mostly affects young people, often carrying a considerable amount of socio-economic implications. Thoracic ...

This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...

WE first became interested in the possibility of relieving anginal pain in patients undergoing splanchnicectomy who had severe hypertension and angina pectoris. After the pioneer work of White, 1 who ...

TWO types of study are commonly employed in evaluating the physiologic effectiveness of sympathetic denervation of the extremities: those methods based on the presence or absence of sweating in the ...