Journal of Surgery

Eduardo Haruo Saito

Publications

• Research Article
  Prospective Analysis of Patients with Axillary, Palmar and Axillary-Palmar Hyperhidrosis who Underwent Bilateral R4-R5 Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sympathicotomy
  Author(s): Jesús Alejandro Segura Martínez, Agnaldo José Lopes, Cláudio Higa, Rodolfo Acatauassú Nunes, Adriano Arnóbio José da Silva e Silva and Eduardo Haruo SaitoJesús Alejandro Segura Martínez, Agnaldo José Lopes, Cláudio Higa, Rodolfo Acatauassú Nunes, Adriano Arnóbio José da Silva e Silva and Eduardo Haruo Saito
  
  Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathicotomy is a safe, effective and minimally invasive procedure, and its emergence greatly changed hyperhidrosis treatment. However, the possibility of standardizing interruption levels on the sympathetic chain has not yet been evaluated. This study sought to evaluate the frequency of compensatory sweating and the recurrence and satisfaction rates after bilateral R4-R5 video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathicotomy in patients with primary focal hyperhidrosis with involvement of the axillary, palmar, or both regions. Methods: From November 2010 to February 2013, an observational prospective cohort study was conducted with 42 patients who underwent bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathicotomy. During the procedure, electrocautery was pe.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.7438/1584-9341-11-1-3

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