Adrian Imre Kastler MD, MSc, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Bruno Alfred Kastler MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

1- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic impairment characterised by severe pain associated with sensory, autonomic and motor symptoms. 2- Stellate ganglion has proven to be inlvoled in the physiopathology of CRPS. 3- Patients suffering from CRPS suffer from long lastic refractory pain 4- The objective is to describe the prerequisites to perform Stellate ganglion block and neurolysis  

A. Anatomical background : What is mandatory ? B. CRPS clinical symptoms: what the radiologist must know. C. Possible Differential diagnosis and Pre-procedure Imaging Assessment : When not to perform stellate blockade? D. Stellate blockade : - How to do it : Two potential infiltration sites, what injectant ? - Tips and hints : How to increase procedure effectiveness ? E. Stellate Ganglion Neurolysis : - When to do it ? - How to do it : Which Neurolotic agents to use ( Chemical, Thermal ?) - Tips and hints : How to increase procedure effectiveness ?  

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Kastler, A, Kastler, B, Stellate Ganglion Block and Neurolysis under CT Guidance: Simple Answers for the Interventional Radiologist.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14009347.html