Under X-ray guidance, a 23-gauge radiofrequency top-pole needle with an active tip of 5 mm is inserted for test blockade. The needle is directed at the facet joint of the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae.The needle is introduced parallel to the radiographic projection and is projected as a dot approximately 1 cm anterior to the spine. The radiographic projection is then changed to lateral, and the needle is slowly advanced until the tip was situated at the anterior border of the third cervical vertebra. On the anteroposterior projection, the tip of the needle is projected over the lateral part of the facetal column. When the tip of the needle is in position, 0.3 mL of Omnipaque is injected. On the transverse projection, the contrast is distinctly anterior to anterior border of the vertebral bodies, and in the anteroposterior projection, the contrast is seen spreading in a space overlying the facetal column in a cranial as well as caudal direction.

Brain Aneurysm

Aneurysm, Ruptured

Superior Cervical Ganglion Block

Superior Cervical Ganglion Block, Transcranial Doppler

Efficacy of Superior Cervical Ganglion (SCG) Block on the Incidence and Severity of Vasospasm After Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)Aneurysmal Surgery Using Transcranial Doppler(TCD). A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Change in Blood flow velocity in patients with ruptured aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage undergoing MCA aneurysmal surgeries measured by transcranial doppler

TCD MCA vasospasm diagnostic criteria :
Proximal MCA vasospasm can be diagnosed by any of the following:
MCA Mean flow velocities of > 200 cm/s, Rapid rise in flow velocities (> 65 cm/s in one day), or Lindegaard ratio (VMCA/VICA >6).

Mean arterial blood pressure will be measured

Oxygen saturation (Sao2) will be measured

Incidence of complications (Nerve injury, Hematoma formation, LA toxicity, Sensory or motor deficit, respiratory depression) will be assisted

Fatma Ibrahim El Sayed Salman

anesthesia assistant lecturer

Cerebral Vasospasm

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

20 mg tablet orally every 8 hours until Day 14 post-hemorrhage

papaverine/cévní mozková příhoda

Superior Cervical Ganglion Block, Transcranial Doppler

Safety Study of Sildenafil in Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysm Vasospasm

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