Stellate Ganglion Stimulation by Acupuncture for Paresthesia of Hemiplegic Patients

Acupuncture as an Adjunct to Stellate Ganglion Block For CRPS

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a form of severe chronic pain with a protracted course, varied etiology and different treatment modalities. There are two types of CRPS: Type 1 and Type 2. Multimodal pain management is recommended for CRPS. Sympathetic blocks in the form of Stellate ganglion block has been used since time immemorial as a form of diagnostic and therapeutic regional block...

Delayed afterdepolarizations elicited in vivo by left stellate ganglion stimulation.

Activation of cardiac sympathetic nerves is recognized as a triggering factor for cardiac arrhythmias. However, the mechanisms involved have only been speculated. Because evidence from studies in vitro has established a relation between catecholamines, delayed afterdepolarizations (DAD), and triggered rhythms, it seemed possible that in vivo adrenergic activation also might lead to the developm...

Prolonged pressor effects of selective stimulation of the stellate ganglion.

Stimulation of left stellate ganglion prolongs Q-T interval in patients with palmar hyperhidrosis.

With the advent of transthoracic video-assisted endoscopic electrocautery of the second and the third sympathetic ganglia for the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis, it is possible to approach the stellate ganglia with ease. To see whether stimulation of stellate ganglia in humans is similar to the case in dogs, we stimulated the sympathetic ganglia in 18 palmar hyperhidrosis patients with a coa...

Thalamic pain alleviated by stellate ganglion block

RATIONALE Thalamic pain is a distressing and treatment-resistant type of central post-stroke pain. Although stellate ganglion block is an established intervention used in pain management, its use in the treatment of thalamic pain has never been reported. PATIENT CONCERNS A 66-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of severe intermittent lancinating pain on the right side of the face a...