Cohort study on 20 years' experience of bilateral video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy (VATS) for treatment of hyperhidrosis in 2431 patients.
Nelson WoloskerJose Ribas Milanese de CamposPaulo KauffmanMarcelo Fiorelli Alexandrino da SilvaCarolina Brito FaustinoMiguel Lia TeddePedro Puech-LeãoPaulo Manuel Pêgo FernandesPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2022)
Bilateral VATS is a therapeutic method that decreases the degree of sweating more than 90% of patients with palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis. It improves the quality of life for more than 90% of the patients, at the expense of development of CH in approximately 90% of the patients, but not intensely.