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UPPER DORSAL SYMPATHECTOMY
Author(s) -
ATKINSON LEIGH
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111374.x
Subject(s) - sympathectomy , hyperhidrosis , dorsum , dystrophy , medicine , anatomy , palmar hyperhidrosis , surgery , pathology
Ten cases are reported in which Cloward's costotransversectomy approach to the upper dorsal sympathetic chain was employed. The indications for operation were hyperhidrosis, Raynaud's disease, sympathetic dystrophy and causalgia. The results are discussed and comparisons are made with other approaches.