BACKGROUND/AIM: The goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcomes and complications of bilateral videothoracoscopic sympathicotomy without using single-lung ventilation in the treatment of primary @entity1119 and facial blushing. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 154 consecutive @entity1 (70 females and 84 males) who underwent bilateral sympathicotomy for palmar, axillary, and @entity28583 or facial blushing from February 2005 to June 2013. The @entity1 were intubated with single-lumen endotracheal tube, and then sympathicotomies were performed via videothoracoscopy during controlled @entity386 periods. RESULTS: Sympathicotomies were performed at costal levels 2, 3, and 4. No perioperative mortality or conversion to open surgery was recorded. Mean operation time was 31.2    2.4 min and mean hospital stay was 1.1    0.6 days. One @entity1 experienced a unilateral pneumothorax that required treatment. There were no abnormal hemodynamic parameters measured during the perioperative @entity386 periods. The long term follow-up period was 21.4    5 months. Twenty-nine cases (18.8%) were complicated by compensatory sweating. No recurrence was observed during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION: Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathicotomy without lung isolation provides effective cure of primary @entity1119 and facial blushing. This procedure can shorten the operative time without any aberrant hemodynamic shifts.

Bilateral sympathicotomy for XXXX without using single-lung ventilation.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity1119 :: ('MESH:D006945', 'Disease') :: ['hyperhidrosis'] @entity28583 :: ('MESH:D012536', 'Disease') :: ['facial/scalp hyperhidrosis'] @entity386 :: ('MESH:D001049', 'Disease') :: ['apnea']
@entity1119 :: (MESH:D006945,Disease) :: ['hyperhidrosis']
