The use of clip-suture in thoracic sympathectomy. Technical note.
A technique is described for using a clip-suture to expedite handling of the divided sympathetic chain in a deep, small upper-thoracic exposure. No late failures were experienced in 23 patients with hyperhydrosis surgically treated using this technique.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.
D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods