title: Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis.
abstract: With the objective of establishing guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis, consensus meetings were held. Attendees included a general surgeon and thoracic surgeons affiliated with the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery. The topics addressed were those that would ostensibly broaden multidisciplinary knowledge. Based on recent guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and (clinical and surgical) treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis, as well as on a review of the medical literature, the participants prepared a preliminary text, whose recommendations were revised and subsequently approved by all of the participants. The consensus text was posted on the Internet, becoming the object of further corrections and revisions prior to taking on its present form.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. robertolyra@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Roberto de Menezes
authors.initials: Rde M
authors.lastname: Lyra
authors.forename: José Ribas Milanez de
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Davi Wen Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Marcelo de Paula
authors.initials: Mde P
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: Marcos Bessa
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Furian
authors.forename: Mário Gesteira
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Marlos de Souza
authors.initials: Mde S
authors.lastname: Coelho
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013562:Sympathectomy