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Department of Surgery, Shahid Rahnemoon Hospital, Shahid Sadoogi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran.
Causalgia, the post-traumatic pain syndrome remains one of the most poorly understood and frequently misdiagnosed entities encountered in clinical practice. Ablation of the upper thoracic sympathetic trunk has been used for over a century with variable success for a variety of conditions. Endoscopic transthoracic techniques of ablation of the sympathetic trunk have the advantage of a minimally invasive approach with excellent visualization of the sympathetic trunk and rapid postoperative recovery.
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April 2001
Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Cattedra di Chirurgia Plastica, Università degli Studi, Genoa, Italy.
Objective: Indications for endoscopic transthoracic upper dorsal sympathectomy are axillary and palmar hyperhidrosis, upper extremities ischemia (due to, e.g., Raynaud s disease), and upper extremities causalgia.
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Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
With the advent of advanced video and laparoscopic techniques, new applications have been found for thoracoscopy's expanding role in thoracic surgery. Described herein are three cases of thoracoscopic sympathectomy for three different indications. The evaluation and surgical technique are described in detail.
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