Transsacrococcygeal approach to ganglion impar block for management of chronic perineal pain: A prospective observational study

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-666

  Toshniwal, Gokul R ^a   Dureja, G P ^b   Prashanth, S M ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE   (India)

^c PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ganglion impar block; Sympathetically mediated perineal pain; Transsaccrococcygeal approach

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PHENOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PHENOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS;

EID: 35348953116     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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