stellate ganglion block

The imbalance can be temporarily abolished with a left stellate ganglion block, which shorten the QT interval.

Although used mainly as a diagnostic block, the stellate ganglion block may provide pain relief in excess of the duration of the anesthetic.

He developed innovative techniques in esophageal surgery, and with physiologist Ludolf von Krehl (1867-1937) performed stellate ganglion blocks and denervation operations on the heart.

Complications associated with a stellate ganglion block include Horner's syndrome, intra-arterial or intravenous injection, difficulty swallowing, vocal cord paralysis, epidural spread of local anaesthetic and pneumothorax.

Stellate ganglion block: A block that is performed to determine if there is damage to the sympathetic nerve chain that supplies the head, neck, chest, and arms and if it is the source of a person's pain in those areas.

Lipov was the first to report a successful use of stellate ganglion block for hot flashes (SEE: Hot Flashes Cure and PTSD post traumatic stress syndrome (SEE:Stop PTSD Now).