Thursday, May 21, 2009

Severe CS for 18% of patients

It was not necessary to remove the clips in any case. In our historical series of 300 patients submit-
ted to sympathicotomy we observed an improvement of the symptoms in 99% and CS in 78%, being severe in 18%.


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EFFECTIVENESS OF SYMPATHETIC BLOCK BY CLIPPING IN THE TREATMENT
OF HYPERHIDROSIS AND UNCONTROLLABLE FACIAL BLUSHING
J.J. Fibla, L. Molins, J.M. Mier, G. Vidal
Thoracic Surgery Sagrat Cor University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
2008;7:147-200
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg
Abstracts: Suppl. 2 to Vol. 7 (June 2008)