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Erling Bo Andersen, MD; Helmer Burchardt, MD; Palle Taarnhøj, MD
Copenhagen

JAMA. 1975;231(10):1026-1027.

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To the Editor.—

Profuse sweating, or hyperhidrosis, is a problem for many people, and is distressing from aesthetic, psychological, and practical aspects.

Topical treatment of hyperhidrosis of the axillae is, nine times out of ten, ineffective, but the problem can be effectively controlled by excision of the sweat glands situated there.

In 1963, Hurley and Shelley¹ described a simple surgical approach to the management of axillary hyperhidrosis. They found that 70% to 80% of the sweat glands of the axillae are located in a relatively small area at the dome of the central portion of the axillary vault. Following their description, we decided to use their method of treatment for cases of severe axillary hyperhidrosis.

Our first results were published in the Danish Medical Journal² and created great interest about the aspects of surgical treatment of this intractable and very distressing symptom. Letters from patients who underwent this . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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