Fluorescent Thoracoscopy Used in Surgery for Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Peking University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Treatments: Procedure: Near-Infrared Imaging Thoracoscopy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03840655

2017PHB101-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

T3/T4 endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy is a widely accepted and effective treatment for primary palmar hyperhidrosis. However, sympathetic ganglions are invisible with traditional thoracoscopy and until now, the location of ganglions are confirmed by rib indirectly. The team from thoracic department of Peking University People's Hospital discovered that the sympathetic ganglions can be visualized with fluorescent thoracoscopy. Thus, investigators want to apply fluorescent thoracoscopy in sympathicotomy of palmar hyperhidrosis, to conduct a more precise operation and compare the efficiency of the novel and traditional methods.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed with primary palmar hyperhydrosis.
2. Accept surgical treatment and signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Liver dysfunction.
2. Allergic to indocyanine green.
3. Can't tolerate thoracoscopic surgery.

Trial design

89 participants in 1 patient group

palmar hyperhidrosis

Description:

VATS R4 Sympathicotomy performed on all patients. Fluorescent thoracoscopy was used to identify the shifting mode of sympathetic ganglions.

Treatment:

Procedure: Near-Infrared Imaging Thoracoscopy