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

Melatonin changes after sympathectomy

Bruce J, Tamarkin L, Riedel C, Markey S, Oldfield E.

Sequential cerebrospinal fluid and plasma sampling in
humans: 24-hour melatonin measurements in normal
subjects and after peripheral sympathectomy. English.
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Brismar K, Mogensen L, Wetterberg L.
Depressed
melatonin secretion in patients with nightmares due to
beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs. English. 221.
1987:155-8.

Evidence suggests a link between endogenous melatonin and the sleep cycle
• There is evidence of a link between endogenous melatonin and the temperature rhythm.