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

Monday, March 24, 2008

Effect of Sympathectomy on the Role of Endothelin in DOCA Hypertension

Lange, Darrell L.; Haywood, Joseph R.; Hinojosa-Laborde, Carmen
Institution
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.
Title
Effect of Sympathectomy on the Role of Endothelin in DOCA Hypertension.
Source
Hypertension. 32(3):595, September 1998.