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Single port endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy with holmium laser for treating palmar hyperhidrosis at Thai Binh Provincial General Hospital
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Introduction: thoracoscopic sympathectomy for treating palmar hyperhidrosis often uses 2 ports. Research to evaluate the results of the method using 1 port < 5mm with Holmium Laser fiber.
Object and Method: Description, prospective.
Within 2 months from June 2023 to July 2023, 47 patients underwent single port endoscopic thoracic surgery using holmium laser to transect the sympathetic ganglia at T3 level for patients with palm sweating (26 patients) and T3-T4 level for patients with palm and axillary sweating (21 patients). The male-to-female ratio was 44.7% to 55.3%, with an average age of 18 ± 7.4 years (minimum age of 11 years, maximum age of 52 years). Surgical method: A single entry port trocar 14Fr located at the 3rd intercostal space, the posterior border of the pectoralis major muscle between the anterior and midaxillary lines, using a 12Fr endoscopic lens with integrated tunnel for Holmium Laser fiber. Patients were monitored and evaluated for early post-operative results: technical failure requiring the placement of a second port, complications during and after surgery and the degree of improvement in palmar hyperhidrosis, the rate of compensatory hyperhidrosis after 1 month and the patient's quality of life after surgery.
Results:
There were no technical failures. The time for transecting the sympathetic ganglion (one side) with Holmium Laser was 78 ± 40.76 seconds. All patients had dry hands after surgery, with two out of forty-seven patients having excessively dry hands. There were no complications during or after surgery, and no patients developed Horner’s syndrome. The average time to discharge after surgery was 30 ± 11.4 hours. Fourteen out of forty-seven patients had compensatory sweating after one month postoperatively at an acceptable level.
Conclusion: The method of using a port < 5mm with an endoscopic lens integrated with a Holmium Laser fiber tunnel is safe, effective, less traumatic and highly aesthetic.
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palmar hyperhidrosis, axillary hyperhidrosis, single-port endoscopic surgery, compensatory hyperhidrosis
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