ArticleCureus2023
Stellate Ganglion Block for Intractable Hiccups Secondary to a Motor Vehicle Collision.
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- Resolution of 20-year refractory hiccups with ultrasound-guided phrenic nerve radiofrequency modulation and bilateral stellate ganglion block: a case report.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Acupuncture at Cuanzhu (BL2) for persistent hiccups following laryngeal mask airway insertion under general anesthesia: A case series.Medicine · 2025Article
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- Intractable hiccup leading to life-threatening malnutrition: case report.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Phrenic nerve block combined with stellate ganglion block for postoperative intractable hiccups: a case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Intractable repetitive hiccups are a rare prolongation of the common physiologic reflex arc. If left untreated, chronic hiccups can decrease a patient's quality of life. Many nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic, and interventional treatment modalities have emerged. A 53-year-old male with a past medical history of a motor vehicle collision (MVC) two years earlier presented to a pain clinic with hiccups lasting several months. The patient was experiencing weight loss, lack of sleep, mood changes, and aspiration pneumonia requiring hospitalization secondary to the hiccups. Vagal and respiratory maneuvers and multiple prescription drugs failed to offer hiccup cessation. An ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block offered immediate, prolonged cessation of the hiccups. When nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies fail to offer improvement of hiccups, as in our patient's case, a stellate ganglion (SG) block may be a viable treatment option for medically refractory cases.
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