Stellate ganglion block for relieving vasospasms after coil embolization of basilar tip aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-

  Bindra, Ashish ^a   Prabhakar, Hemanshu ^a   Singh, Gyaninder Pal ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; NIMODIPINE; PAPAVERINE; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STELLATE GANGLION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 80052700220     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31823122e1     Document Type: Letter

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