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

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only to be performed in etreme cases

In conclusion, it must be stated that due to the potential complications and the invasiveness of the procedure, sympathectomies are only to be performed in extreme cases after extensive discussions with the patient.
http://www.jle.com/fr/revues/medecine/ejd/e-docs/00/01/87/A0/article.md

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Current therapeutic strategies for hyperhidrosis: a review


European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 12, Numéro 3, 219-23, May - June 2002, Revues



Auteur(s) : Barbara TOGEL, Bärbel GREVE, Christian RAULIN, University Dermatological Clinic, D-69115, Heidelberg, Germany..