Ultrasound-guided Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block—A New Paradigm in Pain Management

We report eight cases of oropharyngeal carcinoma in which ultrasound-guided percutaneous distal glossopharyngeal nerve (GPN) block was performed for pain relief. Mean age of the patients was 52 ± 11.5 [SD] years and median baseline pain score was 7 (IQR, 5–8). Under ultrasound guidance, mixture of r...

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Main Authors: Mukesh K. Yadav, Vishnu Prasad Pulappadi, Vikram Pratap Singh, Sachidanand J. Bharati, Barun Bagga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1751251
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