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KMID : 0616620000060020321
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Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical College
2000 Volume.6 No. 2 p.321 ~ p.326
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A study of changes in distribution of sweating following Thoracic 2 sympathicotomy in craniofacial hyperhidrosis
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Abstract
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Craniofacial hyperhidrosis patients complain discomfort due to excessive sweating of head and face. Medical treatment has been used but it´s effect is transient and side effects are very common. After introducing of video thoracoscope in 1986, many thoracic surgical procedures have been developed using video thoracoscope. But domestic papers about craniofacial hyperhidrosis have not been existed yet. This study analyzed the effect and patient´s satisfaction of T2 sympathicotomy.
The degree of sweating change of pre and post T2 sympathicotomy and compensatory hyperhidrosis using linear analogue scale in 15 craniofacial hyperhidrosis patients were analyzed. Craniofacial sweating disappeared after T2 sympathicotomy and patients´ satisfactions were high. Compensatory hyperhidrosis appeared on trunk, back, abdomen, thigh and buttock but it´s degree was not severe.
Therefore T2 sympathicotomy is effective and safe method in treatment of craniofacial hyperhidrosis. But further evaluations are needed on more patients, long time follow-up and compensatory hyperhidrosis.
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