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 ...

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 ...

Hinton and Lord 7 reported 152 hypertensive patients operated on by the Smithwick technic between February, 1942, and May, 1945. Follow-up study after six months showed that 53 per cent had a fall in ...

Blushing or facial reddening is an involuntary reaction, usually as a result of a strong emotional response that stimulates the sympathetic nervous system to increase the flow of blood to the skin of ...

Introduction: Primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH) impairs the quality of life. Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathicotomy is an effective treatment method; however, the impact of sex on surgical ...

Recently, a patient on the Vascular Surgical Service of the West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital was readmitted two weeks after lumbar sympathectomy with a maculoerythematous rash over the ...