Transient locked-in syndrome resulting from stellate ganglion block in the treatment of patients with sudden hearing loss

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Tuz M., Erodlu F., Dodru H., Uygur K. K., Yavuz L.

ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.485-487, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 4
• Basım Tarihi: 2003
• Doi Numarası: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00076.x
• Dergi Adı: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.485-487
• Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Stellate ganglion blockage (SGB) is a local anesthetic procedure intended to block the lower cervical and upper thoracic sympathetic chain and is one of the treatment modalities for a wide range of disorders such as sudden hearing loss, Menier's disease, stroke, sudden blindness, shoulder/hand syndrome and vascular headache. The complications of SGB are recurrent laryngeal or phrenic nerve block, pneumothorax, unconsciousness, respiratory paralysis, convulsions and sometimes severe arterial hypotension. We present a case with transient locked-in syndrome following SGB for the management of sudden hearing loss. The risk of an intra-arterial injection can be eliminated by rotating the needle, as is described in this report.