I also had an ETS that ruined my life. At my consult I asked for t2 and t3 because I had sweating not only on palms but armpits and groin and feet. I had done research and decided with possible complication that my hands were most important to me. The surgeons removed t2 thru t5 on both sides! I had an effusion and pneumothorax and woke with a collapsed left lung. I had a liter and a half of blood drained from my left chest cavity. I tried to sue in 2005 because I felt they battered me by taking the extra 3 ganglion. I was told it didn't matter, they were doctors and I wasn't. They cauterized veins to stop bleeds they created and put 6 titanium clips in the left side for some reason. When I court ordered all the documents, I could see that the surgery for both sides =1.2 million!!!! They only reason listed was " Performed a surgery unrelated to the principal diagnosis"......20 years later, I have extreme sweating, loss of hormone production, chronic fatigue, constant pain. Amongst a slew of other related autonomic anomalies.
I also had an ETS that ruined my life. At my consult I asked for t2 and t3 because I had sweating not only on palms but armpits and groin and feet. I had done research and decided with possible complication that my hands were most important to me. The surgeons removed t2 thru t5 on both sides! I had an effusion and pneumothorax and woke with a collapsed left lung. I had a liter and a half of blood drained from my left chest cavity. I tried to sue in 2005 because I felt they battered me by taking the extra 3 ganglion. I was told it didn't matter, they were doctors and I wasn't. They cauterized veins to stop bleeds they created and put 6 titanium clips in the left side for some reason. When I court ordered all the documents, I could see that the surgery for both sides =1.2 million!!!! They only reason listed was " Performed a surgery unrelated to the principal diagnosis"......20 years later, I have extreme sweating, loss of hormone production, chronic fatigue, constant pain. Amongst a slew of other related autonomic anomalies.