title: Thoracoscopic transthoracic dorsal sympathectomy.
abstract: The authors report on the three patients who underwent thoracoscopic transthoracic dorsal sympathectomies by the techniques of minimal-access surgery learned from laparoscopic cholecystectomy. All three had histologic confirmation of removal of the sympathetic chain and have had an encouraging early postoperative result. The authors believe that thoracoscopic transthoracic dorsal sympathectomy can be accurately and safely performed and will become the method of choice for dorsal sympathectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, Ont.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gutelius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*; D015171:Ganglionectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy