Contralateral spread of local anesthetic with stellate ganglion block.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Stellate ganglion block is a technically simple procedure but is liable to many complications because of the adjacent structures. We report a contralateral and bilateral Horner's syndrome with stellate ganglion block in the same patient on different occasions. We also report a bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve block with this procedure.
Wallace
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University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Milholland
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005730:Ganglionic Blockers / Q000009:adverse effects; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; D013233:Stellate Ganglion
D000777:Anesthetics; D005730:Ganglionic Blockers