Treatment of patients with painful blind eye using stellate ganglion block

Background and objectives: management of pain in painful blind eyes is still a challenge. Corticosteroids and hypotensive agents, as well as evisceration and enucleation, are some of the strategies employed so far that are not always effective and, depending on the strategy, cause a deep emotional s...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Vaz Horta Xavier, Thiago Robis de Oliveira, Tereza Cristina Bandeira Silva Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S010400141400030X