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, April 4, 2011

The denervation effect of smooth muscles in this instance is related to the delayed response of the smooth muscle

The denervation effect of smooth muscles in this instance is related to the delayed response of the smooth muscles and not the effect of denervation.The result, however, is the same and the four components of denervation (super-duration/delayed response, hyper-excitability, increased susceptibility and super-reactivity) are mimicked exactly by inelastic and inflexible smooth muscles. 

Autonomic nervous system: The autonomic nervous system of most fibromyalgia patients is imbalance with predominate excessive sympathetic outflows. The term dysautonomia is often used to describe these patients' S / S related to the ANS. There are significant problems related to smooth muscle dysfunctions (see effect of relaxin on smooth muscles) and the control of these organs as alluded to in the beginning of this discussion. This has to do with imbalance of the relatively increased sympathetic or decreased parasympathetic tone of the ANS. The inability of the ANS to maintain a homeostatic level of control on the smooth muscles and sphincters of many of the inner organs results in the under/ over performance of these organs. 
http://www.encognitive.com/node/12690