title: Clinical experience with video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy through the retrosternal pulmonary junction.
abstract: A new technique of video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy through retrosternal pulmonary junction can be done safely using a scope guide and a flexible scope. Bilateral thoracic sympathectomy was performed, employing a single skin incision, in 18 patients with palmar hyperhidrosis. The advantages include minimal neuralgia and superior cosmesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanehira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013909:Thorax / Q000294:innervation*