A brief report on a technical description of ultrasound-guided lumbar sympathetic block.
- Author:
Jee Youn MOON
1
;
Jae Kyu CHOI
;
Ji Yeon SHIN
;
Sung Won CHON
;
Sushmitha DEV
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords: Complex regional pain syndrome; Lumbar sympathetic block; Neuropathic pain; Psoas muscle; Sympathetic block; UItrasonography
- MeSH: Fluoroscopy; Ganglia, Sympathetic; Humans; Neuralgia; Outpatients; Psoas Muscles; Ultrasonography
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain 2017;30(1):66-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The lumbar sympathetic ganglion block (LSGB) is widely used for diagnosing and treating sympathetically maintained pain disorders. The LSGB has been conventionally carried out under fluoroscopy or computed tomography guidance. However, as ultrasound technology improved, ultrasound-guided interventions have been expanding their territory to deeper structures. Ultrasound guidance provides many benefits including protecting vascular injection, shortening procedure time in some cases, and reducing the emission of radiation. In this report, we describe a successful case of a US-guided LSGB without major complications. We expect that US-guided LSGBs can be implemented and furnished in the daily outpatient clinical setting by highly trained pain physicians.
