Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Modulation Using Absolute Ethanol for the Treatment of Primary Lower-Extremity Hyperhidrosis: A Dose-Effect Pilot Study

12 January 2021 : Clinical Research

Mingjuan Liu^1BCE, Huadong Ni^1BCE, Jiachun Tao^1BC, Keyue Xie^1AE*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928209

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e928209

Background Material and Methods Results Discussion Conclusions References

Related articles Order reprints Share article Share by email

View HTML version

Table 1 Comparison of the general characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics	R1 group (n=20)	R2 group (n=20)	R3 group (n=20)	R4 group (n=20)	R5 group (n=20)	P
Age (years), mean±SD	30.7±10.7	28.3±7.8	26.8±6.5	27.6±6.4	28.9±8.6	0.621^*
Sex (Male/Female), n	7/13	9/11	9/11	8/12	9/11	0.841^**
Disease course (months), mean±SD	122.1±12.0	118.8±10.8	123.5±14.1	120.9±11.8	113.6±15.2	0.102^*
Diabetes, n (%)	1 (5.0)	0	0	0	1 (5.0)	0.548^**
Hypertension, n (%)	1 (5.0)	2 (10.0)	0	0	0	0.240^**
Family history, n (%)	8 (40.0)	6 (30.0)	7 (35.0)	5 (25.0)	6 (30.0)	0.879^**
^* ANOVA; ^** Chi-square test.

Back to the Article