Long-Term Comparison of Video-Assisted Thoracic Sympathectomy and Clinical Observation for the Treatment of Palmar Hyperhidrosis in Children Younger Than 14
| Autor: | Patricia C. Uchoa, Samantha Neves, José Ribas Milanez de Campos, Paulo Kauffman, Pedro Puech-Leão, Nelson Wolosker, Marco Antonio Munia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Hyperhidrosis business.industry Palmar hyperhidrosis medicine.medical_treatment nutritional and metabolic diseases Dermatology humanities Surgery Patient satisfaction Quality of life Sympathectomy Cardiothoracic surgery parasitic diseases Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Video assisted medicine.symptom business human activities After treatment |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Dermatology. 29:575-579 |
| ISSN: | 0736-8046 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01751.x |
| Popis: | The results of video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy (VATS)in children are unknown. To investigate the improvement in quality of life (QOL) of a group of 45 children who did and did not undergo VATS for the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis (PH) 4 years after the initial evaluation. Forty-five children with PH were initially evaluated. Children were divided into two groups: 30 in the VATS group and 15 in the control group. We studied the evolution of PH, negative effect of hyperhidrosis on the QOL before the treatment, and improvement in QOL after treatment. Twenty-five patients (83.4%) in the VATS group experienced great improvement in PH, and five (16.6%) experienced partial improvement; 12 (80.0%) children from the control group had some type of improvement, and three (20.0%) had partial improvement. Two (13.3%) children in the control group and 23 (76.7%) in the VATS group had great improvement in QOL. For children with PH and poor QOL, VATS is better than no treatment. It produces better results with regard to sweating and greater improvement in QOL. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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