Intercostal Nerve Reconstruction for Severe Compensatory Hyperhidrosis: The Gebitekin Technique
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, cilt.111, sa.6, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 111 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.11.067
- Dergi Adı: ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Compensatory sweating (CS) is the most common and disabling complication of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy and represents an unmet clinical challenge. Our surgical hypothesis is to generate a parallel pathway to the damaged part of the sympathetic nerve, similar to the Kuntz nerve, by reconstructing the 2 healthy intercostal nerves, thus treating CS. Here, we present a novel videothoracoscopic technique involving bilateral intercostal nerve reconstruction in patients with severe CS after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.