성상신경절 페놀차단 - 증례보고

• Published in: The Korean journal of pain Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 312 - 318
• Main Authors: 김대영, Dae Young Kim, 조희원, Hee Won Cho, 오흥근, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한통증학회 30.11.1995
• ISSN: 2005-9159; 2093-0569

Stellate ganglion block is extensively performed in pain closing to treat a diversity of diseas-es. Stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis, however, has not been not popular because of risk and complications such as: permanent horner's syndrome, hoarseness, pneumothorax and intravas- cular or intraspinal injection. But Racz recently performed stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis successfully, under fluoro- scopic guide, minus significant complications. Three patients were recently treated at our pain clinic by repeated stellate ganglion block with local anesthetics. Patients showed immediate signs of improvement but prolonged pain relief was not a- chieved. Therefore we reported to performing stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis following Raczs technique. We successfully treated: two cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the upper extremity, and a case of postherpetic neuralgia of jaw, neck and upper chest wall, by stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis, devoid of any significant complications.