Methods: Between January 2002 and December 2005, medical records of a total of 188 patients (185 males, 3 females; mean age 20.7 years; range 20-32) admitted to our clinic with palmar hyperhidrosis and/or axillary hyperhidrosis and dorsal hyperhidrosis or VVD which had undergone TPTS were investigated according to gender, age, sex, applied surgical procedure, operation duration, intraoperative and postoperative complications and duration of hospitalization time in the post-operative period.

Results: Bilateral thoracic sympathectomies were performed in two different operations to 126 patients with hyperhydrosis. Unilateral thoracic sympathectomy was applied to 17 patients. Because of VVD, bilateral thoracic sympathectomy was applied in two different operations to 35 patients andunilateral thoracic sympathectomy was applied 10 patients. In 3 cases, thoracoscopic decortication was applied and expansion obtained because of intraoperative space of expansion fault for the thickened visceral pleura in the upper-medium or lower lobes. During a postoperative follow-up period of 10-58 months, compensatory sweating was recorded only in two patients.

Conclusions: In our study, TPTS procedures were found to be safe and succesfull in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and VVD.