Percutaneous radiofrequency sympathicolysis versus surgical standard procedure
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Percutaneous radiofrequency sympathicolysis versus surgical standard procedure.
We read with interest the recently published paper by Purtuloglu et al. [1]. It retrospectively compared a group of patients treated with surgical sympathectomy with another group who received percutaneous radiofrequency ablation therapy. First, we would like to comment on their final conclusion, particularly on two issues: (i) the amazing statement that they have published ‘the first clinical ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1010-7940,1873-734X
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt431