THE CONTROVERSIAL USE OF CERVICAL SYMPATHETIC BLOCK IN APOPLEXY
Authors: G DE TAKATS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 December 1954THE CONTROVERSIAL USE OF CERVICAL SYMPATHETIC BLOCK IN APOPLEXYGEZA DE TAKATS, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S.GEZA DE TAKATS, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-6-1196 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn 1948, the late Dr. N. C. Gilbert and I reported a small group of patients suffering from apoplexy in whom the cervical sympathetic trunk was blocked on the side of the lesion.1 Return of consciousness and of speech, motor improvement and conversion of flaccid to spastic paralysis were observed in some of these patients. 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