The amount of compensatory sweating depends on the patient, the damage that the white rami communicans incurs, and the amount of cell body reorganization in the spinal cord after surgery.Other potential complications include inadequate resection of the ganglia, gustatory sweating, pneumothorax, cardiac dysfunction, post-operative pain, and finally Horner’s syndrome secondary to resection of the stellate ganglion.www.ubcmj.com/pdf/ubcmj_2_1_2010_24-29.pdf
After severing the cervical sympathetic trunk, the cells of the cervical sympathetic ganglion undergo transneuronic degeneration
After severing the sympathetic trunk, the cells of its origin undergo complete disintegration within a year.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0442.1967.tb00255.x/abstract
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SYMPATHECTOMY
IF YOU ARE HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY, AND HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND ILLNESSES YOU DID NOT HAVE BEFORE, ARE STRUGGLING TO MANAGE THE 'COMPENSATORY SWEATING', THE REDUCED HEART RATE, DIZZINESS, COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES, FATIGUE AND DEPRESSION, I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR STORY, AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THIS IS A STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD, THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SHY OR EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT. SILENCE ONLY PERPETUATES THE IGNORANCE AND THE CRIME.
THE OPERATION WILL CHANGE YOU! IT IS A CHANGE YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER AND YOU HAVE NOT CHOSEN. THAT IS THE VIOLATION OF YOU AS A HUMAN BEING. LOOSING YOUR SELF, YOUR SENSE OF SELF IS THE WORST KIND OF CRIME ONE CAN COMMIT AGAINST YOU.
