Received: 2 November 1997; Accepted: 14 April 1998
Muscle & Nerve
Volume 21 Issue 11, Pages 1486 - 1492
Published Online: 7 Dec 1998
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"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
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incomplete sympatholysis achieved by thoracoscopic sympathicotomy
Skin temperature variations did not correlate to skin perfusion changes. Since all subjects reported dry and warm hands throughout the follow-up period, our results indicate that recording reflex responses to sympathoexcitatory stimuli does not adequately reflect clinical outcome of subtotal sympatholytic procedures performed for hyperhidrosis. Monitoring of clinical outcome should therefore include measurement of baseline sweat production and skin perfusion. However, the normalized reflex responses highlight the incomplete sympatholysis achieved by thoracoscopic sympathicotomy, which may be beneficial in some pathological conditions (such as hyperhidrosis) but detrimental in others. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21: 1486-1492, 1998
Received: 2 November 1997; Accepted: 14 April 1998
Received: 2 November 1997; Accepted: 14 April 1998