Trial reportJournal of healthcare engineering2022
Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block Combined with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Postherpetic Neuralgia.
Trial report in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of efficacy and safety of non-oral therapeutic interventions for zoster-associated pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Effectiveness and safety of stellate ganglion block with trioxygen autologous blood retransfusion therapy for facial postherpetic neuralgia in elderly patients.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Clinical practice guidelines for the management of refractory postherpetic neuralgia by the Korean Pain Society.The Korean journal of pain · 2026Review
- Advances in the clinical application of stellate ganglion block for non-pain indications.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Clinical Outcomes Associated with Stellate Ganglion Block Across Multiple Pain Phenotypes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Interventions for Neuropathic Pain: A Narrative Pictorial Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Post-Laminectomy Lumbar Epidural Fibrosis.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- A rare case of perineal neuralgia treated with ultrasound-guided nerve block combined with water separation.Ibrain · 2025Article
- The potential role of stellate ganglion block in impacting the central and peripheral systems: a narrative review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Advances in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain by Sympathetic Regulation.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
- Therapeutic Strategies for Postherpetic Neuralgia: Mechanisms, Treatments, and Perspectives.Current pain and headache reports · 2023Review
- Article
- Treatment of stellate ganglion block in diseases: Its role and application prospect.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
- Top 100 Most-Cited Papers in Herpes Zoster from 2000 to 2022: A Bibliometric Study.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Stellate ganglion block beyond chronic pain: A literature review on its application in painful and non-painful conditions.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyReview
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the effect of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block combined with extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on postherpetic neuralgia.
methodsThirty-six patients with craniofacial postherpetic neuralgia, whose skin lesions were healed and natural course more than 1 month, were selected for the study and then randomly divided into 3 groups: the ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block group (group A,
resultsThe VAS and PDI were significantly declined in each group after the treatment (
conclusionsUltrasound-guided stellate ganglion block combined with shock wave therapy could significantly improve the pain symptoms of patients with postherpetic neuralgia, which is a safe and effective treatment for postherpetic neuralgia.
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