STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK IN CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS
Authors: W A NOSIK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 August 1951STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK IN CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTSWILLIAM A. NOSIK, M.D.WILLIAM A. NOSIK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-2-409 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNot until a relatively short time ago was interest rekindled in a more active treatment of cerebrovascular occlusions in the hope of decreasing the degree of neurologic residua. Stress had been placed upon the desirability of good nursing care and supportive attention. Drugs of the vasodilator group received but scant mention, there being little to suggest that any lasting benefit might result from a short period of vasodilatation.Since it appeared more logical to alter the cerebral blood supply directly in the treatment of various neurologic disorders, Royle1, 2suggested and performed thoracocervical sympathectomy in such conditions as early as...Bibliography1. Royle ND: Observations on the alteration of the circulation of the brain by surgical means in diseases of the central nervous system, Brit. M. J. 1 :1063-1068, 1932. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Royle ND: The surgical treatment of disseminated sclerosis, M. J. Australia 1: 586-588, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. VillaretCachera MR: Les embolies cerebrales, 1939, Masson et Cie, Paris. Google Scholar4. MackeyScott WALD: Treatment of apoplexy by infiltration of the stellate ganglion with novocain, Brit. M. J. 2: 1, 1938. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. VolpittoRisteen PWA: The use of stellate ganglion block in cerebral vascular occlusions, Anesthesiology 4: 403-408, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. RisteenVolpitto WAP: Role of stellate ganglion block in certain neurologic disorders, South. M. J. 39: 431-434, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Gilbertde Takats NCG: Apoplexy, J. A. M. A. 136: 659-665, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. ForbesCobb HSS: Vasomotor control of the cerebral vessels, in The Circulation of the Brain and Spinal Cord, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Chapter 8, 1938, pages 201-215, Williams and Wilkins Company, Baltimore. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. de Sousa Pereira A: Blocking of middle cervical and stellate ganglions with descending infiltration anesthesia; technic, accidents and therapeutic indications, Arch. Surg. 50: 152-165, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Presented before the Section of Medicine, Cleveland Academy of Medicine, November 10, 1948, and the Tri-State Neurological Meeting, September 24, 1949.Received for publication December 12, 1949. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStellate ganglion block—therapy for cerebral vascular accidentsThe Treatment of Cerebrovascular AccidentO bloqueio do gânglio estrelado nas tromboses e embolias cerebrais agudas 1 August 1951Volume 35, Issue 2Page: 409-416KeywordsBloodDrugsStrokeSympathectomyVasodilationVasodilators ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...