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Stellate Ganglion Block in Longstanding Facial Nerve Palsy Patients
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Stellate Ganglion Block.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Stellate Ganglion, Facial Palsy, Pain Management. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of the present study is to verify the efficacy of stellate ganglion block (SGB) in the treatment of facial pain
Interventions
- Drug Stellate Ganglion Block
Stellate ganglion block is an injection of local anesthetic at the level of the neck to target the stellate ganglion, a sympathetic ganglion to interrupt abnormal autonomically-mediated pain in patients resistant to medical treatment
Primary outcome measures
- Primary outcome: Average motor conduction latency in six muscle of the face [Time frame: 6 month]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Improved muscle tone [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- facial nerve palsy patients
Exclusion criteria
- light of a recent myocardial infarction.
- anticoagulant use
- glucoma
- lateral nerve palsy
- emphysema
- cardiac conduction abnormalities
- active infection, flu, cold
- uncontrolled cough
- Fever
- Very high blood pressure or if you are on blood thinners.
- allergic reaction to local anesthetics
- Primary and secondary coagulopathy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- Piraccini E, Munakomi S, Chang KV. Stellate Ganglion Blocks. 2023 Aug 13. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507798/ PMID 29939575
- Wang D. Image Guidance Technologies for Interventional Pain Procedures: Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy, and CT. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2018 Jan 26;22(1):6. doi: 10.1007/s11916-018-0660-1. PMID 29374352
- Kapral S, Krafft P, Gosch M, Fleischmann D, Weinstabl C. Ultrasound imaging for stellate ganglion block: direct visualization of puncture site and local anesthetic spread. A pilot study. Reg Anesth. 1995 Jul-Aug;20(4):323-8. PMID 7577781
- Abdi S, Zhou Y, Patel N, Saini B, Nelson J. A new and easy technique to block the stellate ganglion. Pain Physician. 2004 Jul;7(3):327-31. PMID 16858470
- Baig S, Moon JY, Shankar H. Review of Sympathetic Blocks: Anatomy, Sonoanatomy, Evidence, and Techniques. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 May/Jun;42(3):377-391. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000591. PMID 28272291
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06742255 · Stellate ganglion facial palsy