THE USE OF SYMPATHETIC NERVE BLOCK IN THE AMBULATORY PATIENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS USE IN HERPES ZOSTER
Authors: L M FERRIS, G H MARTIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 February 1950THE USE OF SYMPATHETIC NERVE BLOCK IN THE AMBULATORY PATIENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS USE IN HERPES ZOSTERLUCIAN M. FERRIS, M.D., F.A.C.P., GEORGE H. MARTIN, M.D., F.A.C.S.LUCIAN M. FERRIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE H. MARTIN, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-2-257 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOwing to the classical work of Leriche of France, and Adson, White, and Smithwick of this country, our present day concepts of the control of certain painful syndromes through the interruption of the sympathetic pathways has been generally accepted. This knowledge has become so well known that sympathetic nerve blocks are now a common office procedure. The scope of this paper is limited to the use of procaine nerve block in the ambulatory patient with special emphasis on the treatment of herpes zoster by this method.HERPES ZOSTERPresent evidence supports the opinion that herpes zoster is essentially a posterior...Bibliography1. HeadCampbell HAW: The pathology of herpes zoster and its bearing on sensory localization, Brain 23: 353-523, 1900. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Street A: Use of sympathetic nerve block in herpes zoster, Bell's palsy, Mississippi Doctor 20: 480-481, 1943. Google Scholar3. FindleyPatzer TR: Treatment of herpes zoster by paravertebral procaine block, J. A. M. A. 128: 1217-1219, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Rosenak S: Procaine injection treatment of herpes zoster, Lancet 2: 1056-1058, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WhiteSmithwick JCRH: The autonomic nervous system, 2 Ed., 1945, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Vicksburg, Mississippi*From an address given at the Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, Houston, Texas, February 27, 1948.From the Medical and Surgical sections of The Street Clinic and Mercy Hospital-Street Memorial, Vicksburg, Mississippi. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInterventional Approaches to Postherpetic NeuralgiaPrevention of Post-Herpetic NeuralgiaACUTE HERPES ZOSTER AND POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIASchmerztherapie bei Herpes zoster und postzosterischer NeuralgiePrevention of Post-Herpetic NeuralgiaManagement des akuten Herpes zosterHuman Infection with Herpes Zoster: Etiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Clinical Course, and TreatmentAcute herpetic and postherpetic neuralgia: Clinical review and current managementHerpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgiaThe Effect of Regional Sympathetic Blocks in the Treatment of Herpes Zoster: A Survey of 300 CasesOBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA WITH NANDROLONEDie Erkrankungen der peripheren Nerven 1 February 1950Volume 32, Issue 2Page: 257-260KeywordsNerve block Issue Published: 1 February 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...