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, August 31, 2008

sympathectomy can relieve symptoms of angina

Surgical sympathectomy can relieve symptoms of angina in patients with refractory angina. However, in these high-risk patients this thoracic surgery may result in significant morbidity and mortality rates.

Clinical Investigations

American Heart Journal. 133(6):648-655, June 1997.
Gramling-Babb, Patricia MD; Miller, Michael J. MD; Reeves, Scott T. MD; Roy, Raymond C. MD; Zile, Michael R. MD
http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/amhj/abstract.00000406-199706000-00007.htm;jsessionid=L6WWlJ0hBkQfdvQ9pgYwy1mHSyrL4pcGKTw5PvNGJSgDFD1j8L3V!1270838445!181195628!8091!-1