"The incidence of compensatory hyperhidrosis is
proportional to
the surface
area rendered anhidrotic."
"The statement is based on my own observations. It is
original and does not refer to any other article.
You have already discovered the
original source.
It is a clinical observation. I have done no
measurements that is/yet to be subjected to
scientific study.
You can quote it as a clinical
hypothesis that I have postulated."
Jack Collin,
consultant surgeon
Oxford
Mia: the only study done (and posted on this blog)
so far, states that
Sympathectomy will INCREASE the total
amount of body sweat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11193740
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260