Postsurgery, severe compensatory sweating was experienced in 90% of patients (P < 0.0001). The sites of
compensatory sweating were the back (75%), abdomen (51%), feet (23%), groin and thigh (13%), chest (13%), andaxillae (8%). Transient whole-body sweating for no apparent reason was experienced in 30% of patients.
Thirty-seven patients (11%) regretted having undergone the surgical procedure.
Main outcome measures included the incidence of dry hands, compensatory sweating, chest pain, upper-limb muscle weakness, shortness of breath, and gustatory phenomena;
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2000 Aug;10(4):226-9.