Under standard treatments, the absolute increase in long-term survival for patients with advanced stages of colorectal cancers has been relatively low, but this new regimen appears so highly effective in people with advanced stages of colorectal cancers that it may save substantial numbers of lives. This study should help set future treatment patterns. The palms of their hands, the soles of their feet and sometimes their armpits, chest or back are constantly dripping wet. Now, surgeons at the medical center are able to use a minimally invasive procedure to cure the problem, which is known as hyperhydrosis. The surgery we perform to correct hyperhydrosis requires only one small incision on each side of the chest.
Patients have minimal discomfort.
During the surgery, called sympathectomy, doctors cut the sympathetic nerve at a specific location in the upper chest, near the shoulder blade. The body's overstimulation of that nerve is believed to be responsible for excessive sweating. Dr. Krasna says the other functions of the sympathetic nerve, which relate to blood vessel dilation and pain sensation, are not disrupted by the surgery. There are some non-surgical therapies for hyperhydrosis, including lotions, oral medications and biofeedback, but they do not cure the problem and are not effective for the majority of patients, according to Dr. Krasna. The surgical option is offered to people who have exhausted other medical treatments.