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

Friday, January 18, 2008

Drug and SYMPATHECTOMY interaction




Tell your doctor if you have any of
the following medical conditions:
* kidney problems
* liver problems
* heart problems
* diabetes
* recent excessive vomiting or
diarrhoea
* Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
(SLE), a disease affecting the
skin, joints and kidneys
* a salt restricted diet
* a past operation known as
sympathectomy
If you have not told your doctor
about any of the above, tell
him/her before you start taking
Atacand Plus 16/12.5.

What Atacand Plus
16/12.5 is for
Atacand Plus 16/12.5 is used to treat
high blood pressure.