Abstract

01Mar 2019 TREATMENT OF SEVERE HYPERHIDROSIS AND TIME FOR INTERVENTION. Ahmed M. El Teliti , Hassan A.Saad , Alaa A. Fiad And Hany Mohamed. Department of general surgery, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

Highlights

  • Palmer hydrosis may cause many troubles to the patients. many modalities of treatment were used.Patient and methodsEighty patients complaining of bilateral severe hyperhidrosis in the palmar area and axillary region

  • No Horner or transient Horner had been reported with both intervention methods

  • radiofrequency thermo coagulation (RFT) was successful for palmar dryness or hyperemia in the affected side without Postoperative morbidity or mortalityBut compensatory hyperhydrosis occurred in only one patient 5% in the trunk that responded well to 20% aluminum chloride

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Introduction

Palmer hydrosis may cause many troubles to the patients. many modalities of treatment were used.Patient and methodsEighty patients complaining of bilateral severe hyperhidrosis in the palmar area and axillary region. Conclusion: RFT is effective treatment for palmar and axillary hyperhydrosis that provide immediate and long-term success rate with a little complication, simple and with recurrence rate 2.5%. Radiofrequency procedure: We had 20 patients underwent of radiofrequency thermo coagulation (RFT) that was applied bilateral on the same sitting for all 20 patients under local anesthesia and sedation at the level of the second third and fourth thoracic ganglions under C-arm guidance.

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