Biomaterial Database

Less Common Side Effects of Sympathetic Surgery. 2016

Lyall A Gorenstein, and Mark J Krasna

New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Because of video-assisted thoracic technology and increased patient awareness of treatment options for palmar hyperhidrosis, endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) has become a well-accepted treatment for this disorder. Video assistance affords excellent visualization of thoracic anatomy, which allows the procedure to be done quickly with few complications. However, despite the ease of performing ETS, complications can occur unless thoracic anatomy and physiology are well-understood. Awareness of possible intraoperative and postoperative complications is essential if this procedure is gong to be performed safely.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006945	Hyperhidrosis	Excessive sweating. In the localized type, the most frequent sites are the palms, soles, axillae, inguinal folds, and the perineal area. Its chief cause is thought to be emotional. Generalized hyperhidrosis may be induced by a hot, humid environment, by fever, or by vigorous exercise.	Hyperidrosis
D013562	Sympathectomy	The removal or interruption of some part of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic or research purposes.	Denervation, Sympathetic,Sympathetic Denervation,Denervations, Sympathetic,Sympathectomies,Sympathetic Denervations
D016896	Treatment Outcome	Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.	Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D017060	Patient Satisfaction	The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.	Satisfaction, Patient
D018579	Patient Selection	Criteria and standards used for the determination of the appropriateness of the inclusion of patients with specific conditions in proposed treatment plans and the criteria used for the inclusion of subjects in various clinical trials and other research protocols.	Patient Recruitment,Research Subject Recruitment,Selection Criteria,Research Subject Selection,Selection for Treatment,Selection of Research Volunteers,Selection of Subjects,Criteria, Selection,Recruitment, Patient,Recruitment, Research Subject,Recruitments, Research Subject,Research Subject Recruitments,Research Subject Selections,Research Volunteers Selection,Research Volunteers Selections,Selection for Treatments,Selection, Patient,Selection, Research Subject,Selections, Research Subject,Subject Recruitment, Research,Subject Recruitments, Research,Subject Selection, Research,Subject Selections, Research,Subjects Selection,Subjects Selections,Treatment, Selection for,Treatments, Selection for,Volunteers Selection, Research
D020775	Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted	Endoscopic surgery of the pleural cavity performed with visualization via video transmission.	Surgery, Thoracic, Video-Assisted,VATS,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Thoracic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracic Surgery, Video Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgery, Video-Assisted,VATSs,Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries