Sympathetic Blockade for the Relief of Chronic Pain

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 698-703

  Chaturvedi, A ^a   Dash, H H ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Coeliac plexus block; Lumbar sympathetic block; Pain; Stellate ganglion block; Superior hypogastric block; Sympathetic blockade

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CELIAC PLEXUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STELLATE GANGLION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; PAIN; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; STELLATE GANGLION;

EID: 0035757359     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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