Sphenopalatine ganglion block: do not give up on it just yet!

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jun;126(6):e198-e200. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.02.020. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

Authors

M Anthony Cometa¹, Yury Zasimovich¹, Cameron R Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: csmith@anest.ufl.edu.

PMID: 33795136
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.02.020

No abstract available

Keywords: epidural blood patch; local anaesthetics; post-dural puncture headache; pterygopalatine fossa; sphenopalatine ganglion block.

Publication types

Letter
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Humans
Post-Dural Puncture Headache*
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block*