%0 Journal Article
%T Questionnaire of quality of life in patients with primary hyperhidrosis
%A Campos
%A Jos¨¦ Ribas Milanez de
%A Kauffman
%A Paulo
%A Werebe
%A Eduardo de Campos
%A Andrade Filho
%A Laert Oliveira
%A Kuzniek
%A Sergio
%A Wolosker
%A Nelson
%A Jatene
%A F¨¢bio Biscegli
%A Amir
%A Mariane
%J Jornal de Pneumologia
%D 2003
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0102-35862003000400003
%X background: hyperhidrosis or excessive sudoresis is a chronic disease associated with important subjective distress. objective: to propose a specific questionnaire to evaluate the quality of life of patients with hyperhidrosis. methods: from october 1995 to march 2002, 378 patients (234 females), with a mean age of 26.8 years, were evaluated before and after video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy. results: therapeutic success was obtained in 90% of the procedures. the recurrence rate was 10% for palmar and 11% for axillary hyperhidrosis; 27% of the patients who had recurrence were re-operated successfully. no serious complications were reported. of the total number of patients, 91% answered to the quality of life questionnaire, and 86% of them reported improvement after the procedure. conclusions: thoracic sympathectomy is a therapeutic method capable of changing the quality of life of patients with hyperhidrosis. the questionnaire applied has shown these changes.
%K thoracic sympathectomy
%K quality of life.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-35862003000400003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en