title: [Ophthalmic herpes: treatment of herpetic neuralgia by repeated stellate block].
abstract: Eight cases of herpes zoster with severe neuralgic pain were treated by repeated stellate blocks, 5 during the acute stage and the 3 others later on. Of the 5 patients treated during the acute stage 3 were cured, the pain disappearing completely. Four other patients were substantially improved. Only one case was a failure. It is important to begin the injections soon after the beginning of the illness, preferably in the first couple of weeks after the rash appears.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013233:Stellate Ganglion; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Zona ophtalmique: traitement de la nevralgie zonateuse par infiltrations stellaires repetees.