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

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The hypothalmus also regulates body temperature

Question:

The hypothalamus controls hunger, thirst, [1] fatigue, anger, and circadian cycles.It also regulates body temperature. Can the subsequent Compensatory Sweating that follows after Symoathectomy be a symptom of the dysregulated hypotalamus. Can the severity of the CS be a reflection of the extent of the damage?