Stellate ganglion block successfully relieved medically unexplained chronic pain: a case report
Yiting Huang1, Jian Xu1, Qingyan Liu1
1Department of Surgery and Anesthesia, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Yuedong Hospital, Guangdong, China.
The Journal of International Medical Research
|March 18, 2022
Abstract:
Medically unexplained symptoms refers to a clinical syndrome characterized by somatic symptoms that cannot be reasonably explained by any organic disease. Chronic pain can be a type of medically unexplained symptom. The current treatment modalities for chronic pain mainly include drugs and psychotherapy. The use of stellate ganglion block for treatment of chronic pain has rarely been reported. Herein, we report a patient whose chronic pain was completely relieved after receiving a stellate ganglion block.
