Unilateral Sequential Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Palmar Hyperhidrosis
• Interventions: Procedure: bilateral simultaneous endoscopic thoracic symapthectomy; Procedure: unilateral sequential endoscopic thoracic symapthectomy.

• Registration Number: NCT02321332
• Lead Sponsor: Tmaer Youssef Mohamed

Brief Summary

Comparison between unilateral sequential and bilateral simultaneous endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis on patients outcomes notably compensatory hyperhidrosis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2013-06
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-16
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-22
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients suffering palmar hyperhidrosis

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with pleural adhesions, bleeding diathesis, local infection or previous operation for hyperhidrosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
B-ETS	bilateral simultaneous endoscopic thoracic symapthectomy	Bilateral simultaneous endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy: bilateral simultaneous T2-T3 ganglionectomy.
S-ETS	unilateral sequential endoscopic thoracic symapthectomy.	unilateral sequential endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy: unilateral T2-T3 ganglionectomy of the dominant side followed by T2-T3 ganglionectomy of the other side after 2 months interval

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants developing compensatory hyperhidrosis (reflex sweating) following sympathectomy.	one year	Number pf patients developing compensatory hyperhidrosis (reflex sweating) following sympathectomy. Compensatory hyperhidrosis was graded as "severe" when the patient mentioned that sweating interfered with his or her normal activity, "moderate" when the patient indicated that his or her sweating was not bothersome and "mild" when the patient did not mention dampness or made only a brief reference.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patients who will be satisfied or unsatisfied regarding the procedure.	one year	we measure patient satisfaction regarding the procedure by asking the patients to rate their level of satisfaction as very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied and very dissatisfied. Patients were considered satisfied if they reported being very satisfied or somewhat satisfied.