For a full story on sympathectomy and consequences, look up nerve injury or denervation

"I think the surgeons may not be aware of the long term consequences of denervation" Ahmet Hoke M.D., Ph.D. FRCPC

Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Director, Neuromuscular Division Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Neurology


Saturday 25 October 2014

The amount of compensatory sweating depends the amount of cell body reorganization in the spinal cord after surgery

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

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