Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETs) is often avoided by dermatologists due to its risks. In these interviews ...

MEDICAL therapy has been disappointing in the painful and disabling effects of arteriosclerosis of the lower extremities. In the past fifteen years an increasing number of patients have been subjected ...

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a procedure most commonly performed to treat excessive sweating in a body part like your hands or armpits. During ETS, a surgeon cuts the trunk of a nerve ...

THE eccrine sweat glands form a diffuse yet critical thermoregulatory organ for the body. Under the control of the sympathetic nerves, these glands provide the major defense against thermal stress.

Sympathectomy is the treatment to use when all else fails in the management of hyperhidrosis. The procedure is effective in the majority of patients, authors of a recent literature review have ...

Facial blushing is reddening of the face because of excessive blood flow to the skin. In endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, keyhole surgery using an endoscope (a type of thin telescope) is done ...

Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating, especially of the palms and armpits. In endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, keyhole surgery using an endoscope (a type of thin telescope) is done through a small ...

Lumbar sympathectomy was performed for the first time by Julio Diez in 1924 in Buenos Aires [1]. Royle in Australia and Adson in the USA performed it at the same time (1925) [2]. Diez, Royle and Adson ...