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

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Cervical sympathectomy in the treatment of cerebral vascular disorders

Lahey Clin Bull. 1953 Jul;8(5):142-8.Links
Cervical sympathectomy in the treatment of cerebral vascular disorders.
POPPEN JL, FAGER CA Jr.

PMID: 13070547 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]