[The effect of stellate ganglion block therapy on tonsillitis].
We examined a 35-year-old male patient with recurrent tonsillitis who did not respond to operation and drug therapy and we treated him by stellate ganglion block (SGB) alone. The clinical symptoms improved by the SGB. There was no subsequent recurrence. The result suggests that SGB therapy is effective for recurrent tonsillitis.
Kageshima
K
K
Department of Anesthesiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo.
Wakasugi
B
B
Ooseto
K
K
Yuda
Y
Y
Shiotani
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013233:Stellate Ganglion; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000628:therapy*