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AXILLARY SKIN EXCISION FOR THE TREATMENT OF AXILLARY HYPERHIDROSIS
Author(s) -
TAYLOR GREGORY D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb05287.x
Subject(s) - medicine , axilla , surgery , hyperhidrosis , resection , closure (psychology) , axillary nerve , brachial plexus , breast cancer , cancer , economics , market economy
In fourteen patients with axillary hyperhidrosis, good control of sweating has been achieved by resection of a longitudinal ellipse of axillary skin and Z‐plasty closure. Axillary scarring has been extensive, but inconspicuous.