Gebitekin, CengizMelek, HüseyinÇetinkaya, GamzeÖzer, ErhanYentürk, EylemSevinç, Tolga EvrimBayram, Ahmet Sami2024-06-062024-06-062021-05-200003-4975https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.11.067https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003497521001703https://hdl.handle.net/11452/41815Compensatory sweating (CS) is the most common and disabling complication of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy and represents an unmet clinical challenge. Our surgical hypothesis is to generate a parallel pathway to the damaged part of the sympathetic nerve, similar to the Kuntz nerve, by reconstructing the 2 healthy intercostal nerves, thus treating CS. Here, we present a novel videothoracoscopic technique involving bilateral intercostal nerve reconstruction in patients with severe CS after endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy.(Ann Thorac Surg 2021;111:e443-6)(c) 2021 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeonseninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessScience & technologyLife sciences & biomedicineCardiac & cardiovascular systemsRespiratory systemSurgeryCardiovascular system & cardiologyRespiratory systemSurgeryEditorial Material000653063300016E443E446111610.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.11.0671552-6259