Sympathicotomy under local anesthesia: a simple way to treat primary hyperhidrosis.
General anesthesia has been the standard approach for sympathicotomy to treat primary hyperhidrosis. Sympathicotomy through thoracoscopic guidance is a straightforward procedure with a short operation time. Therefore we propose using local anesthesia for the procedure. The advantages of local anesthesia include avoiding endotracheal intubation and systemic anesthetics, and allowing immediate assessment by means of verbal communication with the patient. We effectively treated primary hyperhidrosis in 3 patients by thoracoscopic sympathicotomy under local anesthesia.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, Ansan Hospital, Ansan, South Korea. cvvc2001@yahoo.co.kr
Jin Yong
JY
Jeong
Hyung Joo
HJ
Park
D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000379:methods*