Ganglion impar blockade: a review

Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013 Jan;17(1):306. doi: 10.1007/s11916-012-0306-7.

Abstract

Since its original description in 1990, blockade of the ganglion impar (ganglion of Walther) has become a widely used intervention in the management of pelvic and perineal pain. We review the indications, techniques, and evidence for this pain intervention.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
  • Animals
  • Autonomic Nerve Block / methods*
  • Ganglia, Autonomic / drug effects
  • Ganglia, Autonomic / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Neuralgia / drug therapy
  • Neuralgia / physiopathology
  • Neuralgia / surgery*
  • Pain Measurement / drug effects
  • Pain Measurement / methods
  • Pelvic Pain / drug therapy
  • Pelvic Pain / physiopathology
  • Pelvic Pain / surgery*

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local