Respirology. 1996 Sep;1(3):195-9.Links
Effects of thoracoscopic upper dorsal sympathicolysis for essential hyperhidrosis on bronchial responsiveness to histamine: implications on the autonomic imbalance theory of asthma.
Noppen MM, Vincken WG.
Respiratory Division, Academic Hospital AZ-VUB, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Three of the 26 patients (12%) without pre-operative bronchial hyperresponsiveness became hyperresponsive after TS, whereas 1 of the 9 patients with pre-operative BHR lost hyperresponsiveness. Upper dorsal thoracoscopic D2-D3 sympathicolysis performed for the treatment of EH has no significant effects on mean PD20 His and individual loss (11%) or development (12%) of BHR occurs only in 12% of patients.