title: Spread of injectate after stellate ganglion block in man: an anatomical study.
abstract: Stellate ganglion injections were performed using methylene blue 20 ml in 20 cadavers before postmortem examination. There was spread of solution into the posterior mediastinum and over the apical pleura. There was no spread onto the thoracic sympathetic chain.
authors.affiliation: Pain Clinic, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guntamukkala
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013233:Stellate Ganglion; D013900:Thoracic Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D008751:Methylene Blue