Complications of sympathetic blocks for extremity pain

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 148-151

  Stanton Hicks, Michael ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Neurolysis; Stellate ganglion; Sympathectomy; Sympathetic chain; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

BRETYLIUM; GUANETHIDINE; HEPARIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PHENOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AIR EMBOLISM; ANATOMY; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENOPHTHALMOS; HOARSENESS; HORNER SYNDROME; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; MIOSIS; MYELITIS; NAUSEA; NEURALGIA; NOSE CONGESTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PTOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

EID: 34250810791     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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