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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Effect of chemical sympathectomy on serum levels of thyroid hormones and the biochemical profile

The cloacal temperature (Tc) and both the thyroid hormones showed a drastic decrease while the T3/T4 ratio was augmented as a result of sympathectomy.

Thus, the influence of SNS appears to be crucial in the maintenance of serum thyroid hormones and body temperature, as well as metabolic activities of hepatic cells.

R. ParikhCorresponding Author Contact Information, a, Corresponding Author Contact Information and B. Pilob

a School of Environmental and Information Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia

b Division of Neuroendocrinology, Department of Zoology, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda 390 002, India

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System
Volume 53, Issues 2-3, 25 June 1995, Pages 87-94