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The outcome of ganglion clipping in hyperhidrosis and blushing.

Chou SH, Kao EL, Lin CC, Huang MF.

Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan, shhwch@cc.kmu.edu.tw.

A total of 114 patients with various sympathetic disorders underwent endoscopic sympathetic block over different thoracic ganglions by the clipping method. The advantages of this method include the recognition of the clipped level, changeability, and reversibility. However, 4.4% of patients were unilaterally clipped at the wrong level.

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