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.
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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

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increased sensitivity to adrenaline is produced by sympathectomy alone

"The increased sensitivity to adrenaline is produced by sympathectomy alone. I think sensory denervation makes no difference."
Vascular Reactivity Following Sympathectomy

Chapter Author: R. T. Grant

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Peripheral Circulation in Man

Book Series: Novartis Foundation Symposia

Published Online: 27 May 2008

Editor(s): G. E. W. Wolstenholme, Jessie S. Freeman

Print ISBN: 9780470714706 Online ISBN: 9780470715185