Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · May 2002
Effectiveness of cervical sympathetic ganglia block on regeneration of the trigeminal nerve following transection in rats.
Stellate ganglion block (SGB) is one treatment option for human trigeminal nerve injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cervical sympathetic ganglia blocks (SB) by comparing the recovery of severed nerves in 2 rat models, treated or not treated by SB. ⋯ The findings suggest that cervical sympathetic nerve block may accelerate the recovery and regeneration of severed ION. The clinical correlation in patients with peripheral trigeminal paralysis remains to be established.