What is it about?

This is a retrospective review of six-year experience from Jan 2011 until Dec 2016 in relation to the endoscopic approach in dissecting the sympathetic trunk to treat hyperhidrosis. it relates our success rate and complications associated with it, especially compensatory sweating.

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Why is it important?

The high success rate proves that this method is the state of the art technique in managing hyperhidrosis.

Perspectives

This is a highly specialized minimally invasive surgery that requires a highly trained surgeon like our co-researcher to perform with the best of results.

Dato' Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa
Monash University

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This page is a summary of: A retrospective review on minimally invasive technique via endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) in the treatment of severe primary hyperhidrosis: Experiences from the National Heart Institute, Malaysia, F1000Research, May 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.14777.1.
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