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

Sunday, June 15, 2008

messages from the cardiovascular system have effect on the mental processing

when the communication of afferent signals from the heart
to the brain is compromised, there is less awareness
of feeling sensations in the body.

In summary, evidence now clearly demon-
strates that afferent signals from the heart signifi -
cantly influence cortical activity. Specifically, we now
know that afferent messages from the cardiovascular
system are not only relayed to the brain stem to ex-
ert homeostatic effects on cardiovascular regulation,
but also have separate effects on aspects of higher
perceptual activity and mental processing.
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D.