MEDICAL therapy has been disappointing in the painful and disabling effects of arteriosclerosis of the lower extremities. In the past fifteen years an increasing number of patients have been subjected ...

Sympathectomy is the treatment to use when all else fails in the management of hyperhidrosis. The procedure is effective in the majority of patients, authors of a recent literature review have ...

THE eccrine sweat glands form a diffuse yet critical thermoregulatory organ for the body. Under the control of the sympathetic nerves, these glands provide the major defense against thermal stress.

Lumbar sympathectomy was performed for the first time by Julio Diez in 1924 in Buenos Aires [1]. Royle in Australia and Adson in the USA performed it at the same time (1925) [2]. Diez, Royle and Adson ...

Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating, especially of the palms and armpits. In endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, keyhole surgery using an endoscope (a type of thin telescope) is done through a small ...

Chemical sympathectomy for managing critical limb ischaemic pain:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of chemical sympathectomy in comparison with other methods of pain control for managing ...