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, December 16, 2013

Long-term sympathectomy induces sensory and parasympathetic fibres sprouting, and mast cell activation in the rat dura mater

Bergerot, A; Aubineau, P; (1998) Long-term sympathectomy induces sensory and parasympathetic fibres sprouting, and mast cell activation in the rat dura mater. EUR J NEUROSCI , 10 79 - 79.   

http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1330488/

Lewis rats are much more likely to develop autoimmune disorders after sympathectomy

Lewis rats are much more likely to develop autoimmune disorders after sympathectomy 
(Dimitrova and Felten, 1995). This finding suggests that if sympathetic regulation were impaired in a 
genetically predisposed individual, an autoimmune disease might develop.  
Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Related Neural Network Disorders  
by Jay A. Goldstein  

published by The Haworth Medical Press, 1996

Thursday, December 12, 2013

significant change after sympathectomy: reduced sympathetic and increased vagal tone

The HRV analysis showed a significant change of indices reflecting sympatho-vagal balance indicating significantly reduced sympathetic (LF) and increased vagal (HF, rMSSD) tone. These changes still persisted after 2 years. Global HRV increased over time with significant elevation of SDANN after 2 years. QT dispersion was significantly reduced 1 month after surgery and the dispersion was further diminished 2 years later.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527399001011

Friday, December 6, 2013

"sympathectomy is a form of sensory neurectomy" (p. 1500)

Bonica's Management of Pain

Front Cover
Scott FishmanJane BallantyneJames P. Rathmell
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010 - Medical - 1661 pages