Facial pain: A possible therapy with stellate ganglion block

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 958-962

  Salvaggio, Ilaria ^a,b   Adducci, Enrica ^a   Dell'aquila, Lucrezia ^a   Rinaldi, Simona ^c   Marini, Marco ^a   Zappia, Luca ^a   Mascaro, Adriana ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b University La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Gabapentin; Headache; Neuropathy; Stellate ganglion block; Sympathetic nervous System

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PAIN; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INSOMNIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORBIT FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; TONSILLECTOMY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STELLATE GANGLION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949105140     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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