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

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus for the Surgical Treatment of Hyperhidrosis -- Cerfolio et al. 91 (5): 1642 -- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus for the Surgical Treatment of Hyperhidrosis -- Cerfolio et al. 91 (5): 1642 -- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery: "Because the goal of this procedure is to improve quality of life, complications should be minimal and essentially eliminated. The primary side effects of hyperhidrosis surgery include CH, bradycardia, and Horner's syndrome. It is important for patients to be aware, however, of all of the possible complications that can occur. In general, "the higher the level of blockade on the chain, the higher is the expected regret rate" [26]."

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