Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis

AORN Journal, August, 2001 by Gloria M. Allen

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NOTES

(1.) A K C Leung, P Y H Chan, M C K Choi, "Hyperhidrosis," International Journal of Dermatology 38 (August 1999) 561-567.

(2.) C B Wegner, "The regulation of body temperature," in Medical Physiology, R A Rhoades, G A Tanner, eds (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1995) 587-613.

(3.) A C Guyton, J E Hall, "Body temperature, temperature regulation, and fever," in Textbook of Medical Physiology, ninth ed (Philadelphia: W B Saunders Co, 1996) 914-915.

(4.) Leung, Chan, Choi, "Hyperhidrosis," 561-567.

(5.) Ibid.

(6.) Ibid.

(7.) J C Tabet, J W Bay, M Magdinec, "Essential hyperhidrosis: Current therapy," Cleveland Clinic Quarterly 53 (Spring 1986) 83-88.

(8.) Leung, Chan, Choi, "Hyperhidrosis," 561-567.

(9.) M Heckmalm et al, "Follow-up of patients with axillary hyperhidrosis after botulinum toxin injection," Archives of Dermatology 134 (October 1998) 1298-1299.

(10.) M Naumann et al, "Focal hyperhidrosis: Effective treatment with intracutaneous botulinum toxin," Archives of Dermatology 134 (March 1998) 301-303.

(11.) Tabet, Bay, Magdinec, "Essential hyperhidrosis: Current therapy," 83-87.

(12.) T S M Chiou, S C Chen, "Intermediate-term results of endoscopic transaxillary T2 sympathectomy for primary palmar hyperhidrosis," British Journal of Surgery 86 (March 1999) 45-47.

(13.) H J Chen, D Y Shih, S T Fung, "Transthoracic endoscopic sympathectomy in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis," Archives of Surgery 129 (June 1994) 630-633.

(14.) Heckmann et al, "Follow-up of patients with axillary hyperhidrosis after botulinum toxin injection," 1298-1299.

Gloria M. Allen, RN, BSN, CNOR, is a perioperative nurse and thoracic surgery team leader at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

The author wishes to thank Kenneth M. Steinglass, MD, FACS, FCCP, director of thoracic surgery; Mark E. Ginsburg,, MD, FACS, FCCP, associate director of thoracic surgery; Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD, FRCS, thoracic surgeon; and Charles Reidel, MD, neurosurgeon, at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, for their assistance in preparing this article. The author also thanks Rebekah J. Allen, Larchmonts, New York, for her help with photography and artwork.