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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the adrenergic system in regulation of the metabolism of the retina

Stefan M. Pojda1 Contact Information and Ryszard Brus2

(1) Department of Ophthalmology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Francuska str. 20/24, 40-027 Katowice, Poland
(2) Department of Pharmacology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Zabrze 8, Poland

Received: 16 April 1976

Summary Male Wistar rats were injected intraventricularly with two doses of 250 mcg of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in two consecutive days. Two weeks later the oxygen uptake, anaerobic glycolysis and lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) activity in the retina were determined. The decrease of oxygen uptake (–28 %), anaerobic glycolysis (–31 %) and LDH activity (–12 %) in rats treated with 6-OHDA in comparison to control animals was found. The possible role of the adrenergic system in regulation of the metabolism of the retina is discussed.