A Complication of Stellate Ganglion Block? |
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| Authors: | Alfred Philip James Lake,BSc,MBBS,FFARCS, Kathiravelpillai Puvanachandra,MBBS,DO,FRCS,FRCOphth |
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| Affiliation: | Consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Management;; Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Department of Anesthesia, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: Stellate ganglion block is commonly used to treat the sympathetically maintained pain which may occur in one‐third of patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1. A complication that followed a single block and presented a diagnostic dilemma for the ophthalmologist is reported. |
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| Keywords: | stellate ganglion block complex regional pain syndrome type 1 ptosis |
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