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.
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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.
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24% ETS PATIENTS END UP WITH SEVERE FULL BODY SWEATING AFTER SURGERY

Compensatory truncal sweating occurred in 36 of the 42 patients; it was severe in ten, moderate in 16 and minimal in ten.

ANDREWS, B. T.; RENNIE, J. A.

Department of Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Correspondence to: Mr J. A. Rennie.
Paper accepted 14 February 1997.