Sufentanil stellate ganglion injection in the treatment of refractory reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 90-92

  Arias, Lorraine M ^a   Bartkowski, Richard ^a   Grossman, Karen L ^a   Schwartzman, Robert J ^a   Mei Lin Tom, Carol ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Opiate receptors; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; Stellate Ganglion Injection; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GUANETHIDINE; SUFENTANIL;

CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; STELLATE GANGLION; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0024536051     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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