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, September 2, 2012

Sympathectomy controversial for the treatment of RSD


What Is Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD)?
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
By Carol Eustice, About.com Guide
Updated June 06, 2012
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by the Medical Review Board
http://arthritis.about.com/od/rsd/a/rsd.htm