Stellate blockade

A stellate blockade is the targeted local conduction anesthesia of the stellate ganglion . It is used to resolve arteriovenous cramps (vascular spasms), as blood vessels are sympathetically innervated. This blockage leads to vasodilation in the entire catchment area, reduced sweat secretion ( anhidrosis ) and Horner's syndrome . The latter is a sign of the successful implementation of the blockade.

Due to the vasodilation , the stellate blockade can be used to treat acute local frostbite . It is also used for migraines and unilateral headaches , as well as for complaints after a traumatic brain injury , osteochondrosis of the cervical spine , periarthritis of the shoulder joint and trigeminal and herpes zoster neuralgia . Surgical removal of the stellate ganglion is the last resort of choice for Raynaud's disease .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulf Gieseler: Mountaineering on all continents - Part 1: Medical challenges with hypothermia and frostbite , Aviation Medicine Tropical Medicine Travel Medicine 2011; 18 (2): 65-69

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