Effect of early stellate ganglion blockade for facial pain from acute Herpes Zoster and Incidence of postherpetic neuralgia

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 467-474

  Makharita, Mohamed Y ^a   Amr, Yasser Mohamed ^b   El Bayoumy, Youssef ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blockade; Face; Herpes zoster; Stellate

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STELLATE GANGLION;

EID: 84869787269     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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