Sunday, November 30, 2008

Unsubstantiated statements by ETS surgeon can be misleading

"The incidence of compensatory hyperhidrosis is
proportional to
the surface
area rendered anhidrotic."


"The statement is based on my own observations. It is
original and does not refer to any other article.
You have already discovered the
original source.

It is a clinical observation. I have done no
measurements that is/yet to be subjected to
scientific study.
You can quote it as a clinical
hypothesis that I have postulated."


Jack Collin,
consultant surgeon
Oxford


Mia: the only study done (and posted on this blog)
so far, states that

Sympathectomy will INCREASE the total
amount of body sweat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11193740