Side effects and complications of surgery for hyperhidrosis.
Most of the difficulties associated with hyperhidrosis surgery are due to unavoidable side effects and unforeseeable and unacceptable complications. Careful patient selection is important before surgery so surgeons can avoid some of these pitfalls. Patients should also be fully informed of all potential side effects and complications before surgical treatment.
Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Unit of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Tours--Hôpital Trousseau, 37044 Tours CEDEX, France. dumont@med.univ-tours.fr
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D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017211:Treatment Failure