With more than 65 years of experience with the technique and more than 8,500 surgeries performed, the clinic is a national and international reference in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and other disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System.
With more than 65 years of experience with the technique and more than 8,500 surgeries performed, the clinic is a national and international reference in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and other disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System.
The influence of the sympathetic nervous system on the control of circulation was described for the first time by Claude Bernard and Brown Sequard in 1852.
Primary hyperhidrosis, of unknown cause, is the expression given to the rare dysfunction of the nervous system that leads to excessive sweating in given parts of the body.
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy is the method of choice for the treatment of hyperhidrosis. The innervation of the sweat glands is made by the sympathetic nervous system.
Duarte, João B.V., Kux, P.: Improvements in Video-Endoscopic Sympathicotomy for the Treatment of Palmar, Axillary, Facial and Palmar-Plantar Hyperhidrosis. The European Journal of Surgery 1998, Supp 580:9-11
If you consider your facial blush is causing serious problems on your social and professional life and the conventional treatments are not helping, surgery may be the solution to your problem.
Dr. Chien-Chih Lin, inventor of the clip technique on a visit to the clinic in Belo Horizonte
Dr. Drott and Dr. Claes, diffusers of the Sympathectomy technique
Endoscopy in Europe visit the clinic in Belo Horizonte