Phantom pain with probable reflex sympathetic dystrophy efficacy of fentanyl infiltration of the stellate ganglion

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Wassef, Medhat R ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Bupivacaine; Fentanyl; Phantom pain; Regional stellate ganglion block; Sympathetically mediated pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ENKEPHALIN RECEPTOR; FENTANYL;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANALGESIA; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; FENTANYL; HAND; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOM LIMB; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; STELLATE GANGLION;

EID: 0030990040     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(06)80017-9     Document Type: Article

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