Stellate-ganglion block: a new treatment for hot flushes?

Lancet Oncol. 2008 Jun;9(6):506-7. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70135-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / adverse effects
  • Autonomic Nerve Block*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Bupivacaine / administration & dosage*
  • Estrogen Receptor Modulators / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Hot Flashes / chemically induced
  • Hot Flashes / complications
  • Hot Flashes / physiopathology
  • Hot Flashes / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Quality of Life
  • Research Design
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / etiology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / physiopathology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Stellate Ganglion / drug effects
  • Survivors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wakefulness / drug effects

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Estrogen Receptor Modulators
  • Bupivacaine