Publications by authors named "Florence T Su"

Objective: Ablation of the upper thoracic sympathetic ganglia that innervates the hands is the most effective and permanent cure of palmar hyperhidrosis. However, this type of sympathectomy causes irreversible neural damage and may result in severe compensatory hyperhidrosis. This experiment is designed to confirm the hypothesis, in which the stimulation of T2 sympathetic chain leads to increased palmar microcirculation, and thus results in treating hyperhidrosis.

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