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

Thursday, February 7, 2008

ASERNIP-s never reviewed the ETS surgery. Why?

May 31 2003 - Madonna has written to many Institutions in Australia, including proposed reviews of ETS in Australia. Morgan and FFSO have researched continually for evidence of side-effects with ETS/ESB. Patients have shared their personal and private stories on this site and the boards. Surgeons such as Dr T and Dr Lin have admitted there are side-effects. Together we have worked as a team and finally there is promising news. I have just received a letter from the 'Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical' and they will "undertake a systematic review of [ETS]" and "warrant it urgent attention".

http://www.ets-sideeffects.netfirms.com/home3.4.html