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Efficacy of ultrasonography guided stellate ganglion blockade in the stroke patients with complex regional pain syndrome.
Ann Rehabil Med
October 2012
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kyung Hee University College Medicine, Seoul 130-702, Korea.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of ultrasonography guided stellate ganglion block (US-SGB) with that of blind SGB in management of the stroke patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type 1.
Method: Forty-two patients with post-stroke CRPS were randomly assigned to either US-guided SGB (22 patients) or blind SGB group (20 patients). The mean age of US-guided SGB and blind SGB groups was 61.