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.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0442.1967.tb00255.x/abstract

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Marked depletion of cardiac catecholamines (80 to 90%) following denervation

Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 48(3): 182–184 (1970) | doi:10.1139/y70-031 | © 1970 NRC Canada

Effect of cardiac sympathectomy, reserpine, and environmental temperatures on the catecholamine levels in the chicken heart


Y. C. Lin, P. D. Sturkie, and J. Tummons


Abstract: Cardiac catecholamine levels were spectrofluorometrically determined in adult male chickens following two treatments: (1) denervation of the cardioaccelerator nerves or (2) reserpine administration after acclimatization of the birds to low, intermediate, or high ambient temperatures. Marked depletion of cardiac catecholamines (80 to 90%) was found 2 weeks after denervation and 24 h after injection of reserpine. Acclimatization did not alter the response to reserpine.