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 21, 2008

In the adrenal medulla, AChE-rich presynaptic fibers disappeared within 3 days


  • In the adrenal medulla, AChE-rich presynaptic fibers disappeared within 3 days
  • Autoimmune Preganglionic Sympathectomy Induced by Acetylcholinesterase Antibodies
  • Stephen Brimijoin and Vanda A. Lennon
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 87, No. 24 (Dec., 1990), pp. 9630-9634 (article consists of 5 pages)
  • Published by: National Academy of Sciences