Assessment of Compensatory Sweating Following Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Treatment of Primary Palmar Hyperhidrosis at Two Different Levels (T2-3) Versus (T2-T4) . | ||||
ALEXMED ePosters | ||||
Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 31-32 | ||||
Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2023.196896.1574 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Abdelmeguid Mohamed1; Samir Abdallah Keshk2; samer Bessa3; Walid Salah Abuarab4; Peter Ashraf Fayez Guirguis ![]() | ||||
1Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||||
3Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic (HBP) Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria | ||||
4Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Introduction Palmar hyperhidrosis (PH) is not an uncommon condition that is characterized by excessive sweating in the hand away from normal thermoregulatory needs. It apparently originates from not fully understood stimulation of sympathetic nervous system. Its incidence is almost 2% of the people worldwide and it apparently seems to have a genetic factor. It affects males and females equally, mainly at adolescent age, with an underestimated incidence because of the feeling of shame as well as guilt of affected persons. This pathology has important implications on the life of the affected patients. Over years, numerous conservative medical and surgical treatments have been suggested. However, surgery is considered the best modality for its treatment. The interruption of sympathetic chain and ganglia via conventional sympathectomy or the cutting of sympathetic trunk (ST) via sympathectomy at different levels depending on the sweaty areas. AIM OF THE WORK The aim of the present study was to evaluate and to assess the compensatory sweating following VATS sympathectomy for the treatment of primary palmar hyperhidrosis at two different levels T2, 3 versus T2-4 regarding the incidence, site, severity and patient satisfaction. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Compensatory; Sweating; Sympathectomy | ||||
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