ReviewJournal of pain research2017
Ganglion blocks as a treatment of pain: current perspectives.
Review in Journal of pain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Utility of Pre-Operative Stellate Ganglion Blockade for Pain Control in Unilateral Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
Augmenting Massed Prolonged Exposure With a Stellate Ganglion Block to Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Active Duty or Retired Service Members: A Pilot Study
Hypogastric Plexus Block and Ganglion Impar Block for Cervical and Endometrial Cancer Pain Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy and Safety
Who cites it
60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treating Angina Pectoris: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cardiovascular therapeutics · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of stellate ganglion block on postoperative recovery of gastrointestinal function in patients undergoing surgery with general anaesthesia: a meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized, Single-Center, Single-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- Fluoroscopic anterior approach versus ultrasound guided superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis in cancer pelvic pain: a randomized controlled study.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Trial
- CT-guided injection in coccydynia: outcome prediction using MRI findings and CT-injection characteristics.European radiology · 2026Article
- Inductive analysis of the spatial distribution characteristics of neurons that innervate skeletal muscle and their correlation with muscle phenotype.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of the Maxillary Nerve in South Indian Cadavers.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Article
- Anatomy, Imaging, and Clinical Significance of the Cervicothoracic (Stellate) Ganglion.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- CORONIS symposium 2023: Scientific and clinical frontiers in ocular surface innervation.Acta ophthalmologica · 2025Article
- The Ganglia of the Head and Neck: Clinical Relevance for the Interventional Pain Physician.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Review
- How Do Peripheral Neurons and Glial Cells Participate in Pain Alleviation by Physical Activity?Cells · 2025Review
- The celiac ganglia and trunk: an assessment of anatomical variants and their clinical relevance.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Observational
- Optimal Delivery of Pain Management in Schwannomatosis: A Literature Review.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Review
- Anatomical and histological classification of the stellate ganglion: implications for clinical nerve blocks.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Article
- Coccygeal Nerve Blockade vs. Impar Ganglion Blockade in Coccydynia: A Randomised Clinical Trial.Cureus · 2024Article
- A description and outcome evaluation of sacrococcygeal joint radiofrequency neurotomy for treatment of chronic coccydynia - A dorsal approach.Interventional pain medicine · 2024Article
- Stellate Ganglion Block Attenuates LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Activating Sirt3 Regulation of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Reversible blindness after stellate ganglion block.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Retrospective Evaluation of the Effect of Lumbar Sympathetic Blockade on Pain Scores, Fontaine Classification, and Collateral Perfusion Status in Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Assessment of Ganglion Impar Block Effect on Treatment Results of Coccydynia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2024Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The inputs from sympathetic ganglia have been known to be involved in the pathophysiology of various painful conditions such as complex regional pain syndrome, cancer pain of different origin, and coccygodynia. Sympathetic ganglia blocks are used to relieve patients who suffer from these conditions for over a century. Many numbers of local anesthetics such as bupivacaine or neurolytic agents such as alcohol can be chosen for a successful block. The agent is selected according to its duration of effect and the purpose of the injection. Most commonly used sympathetic blocks are stellate ganglion block, lumbar sympathetic block, celiac plexus block, superior hypogastric block, and ganglion Impar block. In this review, indications, methods, effectiveness, and complications of these blocks are discussed based on the data from the current literature.
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