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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2024

Analgesic efficacy of stellate ganglion block in head and neck cancer pain: A case series.

Seerat Chiraya, Ajit Kumar, Mohit K Srivastava, Gaurav Purohit

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Seerat ChirayaDepartment of Anaesthesiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Ajit KumarDepartment of Anaesthesiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Mohit K SrivastavaDepartment of PM & R, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttrakhand, India.
Gaurav PurohitDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, India Institution where work is credited- AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) have ongoing pain but Stellate ganglion block which is a sympatholytic block may be a viable therapy for treating it. The data were retrospectively collected from five histopathologically confirmed HNC patients who had completed chemotherapy and radiation doses. Stellate ganglion block was given to these patients and was subsequently monitored for 3 months to assess pain alleviation and overall satisfaction. Over a 3-month period, there was a decrease in the pain levels with a better quality of life so the stellate ganglion block can be a promising modality for reducing the pain of HNC.

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Analgesicshead and neck neoplasmstellate ganglion block

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PMID38736790
PMCPMC11086807

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