Predicting improvement after surgery for palmar hyperhidrosis.
OBJECTIVE
Endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a surgical procedure used to improve Quality of Life (QoL) in patients with treatment resistant palmar hyperhidrosis (PHH). The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that low preoperative scores on The Everyday Life Questionnaire (EDLQ) would predict QoL improvement after surgery.


METHODS
Pre- and post-operative QoL scores from a series of 30 consecutive patients who underwent ETS at our institution were analyzed.


RESULTS
Preoperative QoL scores was a significant predictor of post-operative improvement across all dimensions covered by the questionnaire.


CONCLUSIONS
Preoperative low QoL can be used as a guide in selecting patients with most improved QoL after ETS.
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Neurosurgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. Lars-Owe.Koskinen@neuro.umu.se
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome