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

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

International Society for Sympathetic Surgery founded

Here are the basics of our new classifications:
ESB2 (clamp upper end of T2 only): 2.5%, (in Europe 15%)
Facial blushing, Craniofacial sweating, Some psychic disorders, Rosacea, Vibration disorder (?), Parkinsonism (?)...
ESB3: 2.5%, (in Europe 50%)
Hyperhidrosis Palmaris with Craniofacial sweating, blushing, or any other craniofacial sympathetic disorders
ESB4: 95%, (in Europe 20%)
Hyperhidrosis Palmaris with or without axillary hyperhidrosis (Bromidrosis)
Unilateral ESB: (in Europe 15%)
Social phobia, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, addiction, cardiac arrhythmias

http://www.hyperhidrosis.com/symposium.htm

The 4th International Symposium on Sympathetic Surgery was held in Finland in June 2001, and was attended by the world’s most renowned ETS surgeons, including its Chairman, Dr. Timo Telaranta. Louis Stein of Surgical Team was there to listen to the experts.

· International Society for Sympathetic Surgery founded
International Society for Sympathetic Surgery was founded during the Symposium. It has a council of five members:

- Dr. Christer Drott from Sweden - The Society’s first Chairman
- Dr. Christoph Schick from Germany
- Dr. Timo Telaranta from Finland
- Dr. Chien-Chih Lin from Taiwan
- Dr. Moshe Hashmonai from Israel

Dr. Alan Cameron from England joined as an English language expert, especially for the revision of the by-laws.

Significant reductions in maximal heart rate (HR) and oxygen and carbon dioxide uptakes were observed

Ten patients had positive bronchial challenge test results that remained positive 3 months after surgery, and 2 patients whose challenge test results were negative before surgery became positive after sympathectomy. Significant reductions in maximal heart rate (HR) and oxygen and carbon dioxide uptakes were observed during the maximal exercise test.
CHEST October 2005 vol. 128 no. 4 2702-2705