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The Utilization of Stellate Ganglion Block in the Treatment of Long-COVID: A Case Series
Omar I Alnatour1, Mengjie Mellisa Wu1, Saba Javed2
1Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX.
Background:
With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, chronic pain physicians undoubtedly face the challenge of treating long-COVID within the already complex chronic pain patient population. Sympathetic blockade of the stellate ganglion has historically been utilized as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in confirming and targeting the sympathetically mediated component of many chronic pain conditions, but its role in treating long-COVID symptoms has yet to be thoroughly studied or elucidated.
Case Series:
We present a unique case series where the utilization of stellate ganglion blockade in one case and use of stellate ganglion blockade followed by rhizotomy in another were successful in sustained and near-complete relief of all initial long-COVID symptoms during a 3-month follow-up period.
Conclusions:
Our case series presents promising results on the role of stellate ganglion blockade in the sustained and near-complete relief of multiple long-COVID symptoms during the longest known follow-up period to date.
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