Wiesemann offered Leonard a minimally invasive procedure called endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS), which cuts the ...

Dan Miller, MD, Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Emory University So what we're going to be doing today is called a micro thorascopic sympathectomy. Narrator Dr. Dan Miller was the first surgeon in the U ...

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a surgery for difficult-to-treat cases of hyperhidrosis affecting the face or palms. Typically indicated when other approaches aren’t yielding results, the ...

Another surgical procedure, sympathectomy of the affected limb, is done only as a last resort when all other treatments have failed. We currently prefer the technique of periarterial sympathectomy ...

It was believed that lumbar sympathectomy might be helpful in healing the ulcerations, and this operation was performed on the right side on September 14, 1949. The ulcers showed steady ...

As such, in more severe cases, individuals may opt to have surgical removal of these nerves (sympathectomy) to reduce sweating and associated body odor. However, if you're looking for a less invasive ...

However, the patient with the ulcer had suffered intractable pain, and cervical sympathectomy was performed, after which he had an uneventful recovery. On follow-up visits, all patients did well.

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Vasa 2017; 46: 413–23 CrossRef 3. Hoexum F, Coveliers HM, Lu JJ, Jongkind V, Yeung KK, Wisselink W: Thoracic sympathectomy for upper extremity ischemia. Minerva Cardioangiol 2016; 64: 676–85.