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The aim of our study was to clarify anatomical variations of the sympathetic ganglions by near-infrared (NIR) thoracoscopy and determine their effects on sympathicotomy for PPH.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p> The cases of 695 consecutive patients with PPH treated with either R3 or R4 sympathicotomy either by normal thoracoscopy or by NIR fluorescent thoracoscopy between March 2015 and June 2021 were retrospectively reviewed and followed up.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The variation rate of third and fourth ganglions was 14.7% and 13.3% on the right side and 8.3% and 11.1% on the left side. Real T3 sympathicotomy (RTS<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>) was more effective than real T4 sympathicotomy (RTS<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>) in the short-term and long-term follow-up (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001 and <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, respectively). RTS<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> was more satisfactory than RTS<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> in the long-term follow-up (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03), but no significant difference was found in the short-term follow-up (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.24). The incidence and severity of compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) in the areas of the  chest and back in the RTS<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> group were significantly lower than those in the RTS<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> group according to both the short-term results (12.92% vs. 26.19%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001; 17.97% vs. 33.33%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002, respectively) and the long-term results (19.66% vs. 28.57%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.017; 21.35% vs. 34.52%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>RTS<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub> may be more effective than RTS<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> for PPH. 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