title: Chemical lumbar sympathectomy in plantar hyperhidrosis.
abstract: Plantar hyperhidrosis can cause great changes to an individual's quality of life. We described a case successfully treated by the minimally invasive method of percutaneous injection of 7.0% phenolic solution into the lumbar sympathetic chains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Orthopedics, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. acataneo@fmb.unesp.br
authors.forename: Winston Bonetti
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Daniele Cristina
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cataneo
authors.forename: Guilherme André Zottele
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bomfim
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hasimoto
authors.forename: Antonio José Maria
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cataneo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D011788:Quality of Life; D013563:Sympathectomy, Chemical / Q000379:methods*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D062385:Hydroxybenzoates; C017616:phenolic acid