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.
www.ubcmj.com/pdf/ubcmj_2_1_2010_24-29.pdf

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

Monday, November 23, 2009

83% of patients reported severe 'compensatory sweating'

Fully 83% of patients who underwent T2 sympathectomy reported severe compensatory sweating one year after surgery and the majority of those reported they regretted the decision to have the surgery.
Medical Post. Toronto: Feb 15, 2005. Vol. 41, Iss. 7, p. 17 (2 pp.)