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
Dr Lin performed over 6000 surgeries
Postoperative sweating phenomenon is a reflex response between sympathetic system and Hypothalamus, it is absolutely not a compensatory mechanism that other parts of human body take over the sweating function of hands after operation. This is the reason why Dr. Lin insisted to use the term of reflex sweating instead of compensatory sweating. Hypothalamus is the center of Autonomic Nervous System, which influences human mind, mentality and endocrine system. Dr. Lin emphasized, “Endoscopic Sympathetic Surgery helps us open a gate to Autonomic Nervous System”.
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