Sphenopalatine ganglion blockade: A review and proposed modification of the transnasal technique

Pain Physician

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-286

  Windsor, Robert E ^a   Jahnke, Scott ^a  

^a Emory/Georgia Pain Physicians   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Headache; Sphenopalatine ganglion block; Sympathetic block; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; COCAINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; ISOMETHEPTENE MUCATE; LIDOCAINE; PENTAZOCINE; TETRACAINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PARESTHESIA; SIDE EFFECT; THROAT DISEASE;

EID: 2442706415     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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