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, July 28, 2008

Acceptance by the medical community is not a substitute for rigorous testing

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Depression/ect/news/newyork/krausstest.asp

A large proportion of psychiatrists claims ECT to be SAFE and EFFECTIVE. This is not the only parallel you can find between surgeons talking about ETS and psychiatrists talking about ECT.

TESTIMONY OF JOHN M. FRIEDBERG, M.D., NEUROLOGIST, BEFORE THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY

MARTIN LUSTER PRESIDING

NYC, May 18, 2001

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Depression/ect/news/newyork/friedbergtest.asp