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 ...

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.

Stanford surgeons have performed approximately over 200 sympathectomies over the past 10 years, representing a very extensive experience and demonstrating our significant commitment to the care of ...

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a procedure most commonly performed to treat excessive sweating in a body part like your hands or armpits. During ETS, a surgeon cuts the trunk of a nerve ...

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 ...

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 ...