Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block
Ultrasound provides direct visualization of blood vessels and soft tissues around the sympathetic chain and potentially minimizes injury to these critical anatomic structures when performing stellate ganglion block (SGB). We report an atypical left vertebral artery course detected during an ultrasou...
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| description | Ultrasound provides direct visualization of blood vessels and soft tissues around the sympathetic chain and potentially minimizes injury to these critical anatomic structures when performing stellate ganglion block (SGB). We report an atypical left vertebral artery course detected during an ultrasound prescan before performing a SGB. The left vertebral and inferior thyroid arteries were identified on the longus colli muscle's ventral surface at the C6 level. This report was the first to demonstrate ultrasound images of a vulnerable vertebral artery to intravascular injection. The study emphasized the importance of identifying the sonoanatomy before performing procedures involving the anterior cervical vertebrae. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c32a90ed37f34dd491419e60a17903e42022-12-22T00:43:01ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Medical Ultrasound0929-64412212-15522022-01-0130214314510.4103/JMU.JMU_34_21Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion blockDaeseok OhHyun-Seong LeeUltrasound provides direct visualization of blood vessels and soft tissues around the sympathetic chain and potentially minimizes injury to these critical anatomic structures when performing stellate ganglion block (SGB). We report an atypical left vertebral artery course detected during an ultrasound prescan before performing a SGB. The left vertebral and inferior thyroid arteries were identified on the longus colli muscle's ventral surface at the C6 level. This report was the first to demonstrate ultrasound images of a vulnerable vertebral artery to intravascular injection. The study emphasized the importance of identifying the sonoanatomy before performing procedures involving the anterior cervical vertebrae.http://www.jmuonline.org/article.asp?issn=0929-6441;year=2022;volume=30;issue=2;spage=143;epage=145;aulast=Ohstellate gangliaultrasonographyvertebral artery |
| spellingShingle | Daeseok Oh Hyun-Seong Lee Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block Journal of Medical Ultrasound stellate ganglia ultrasonography vertebral artery |
| title | Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block |
| title_full | Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block |
| title_fullStr | Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block |
| title_short | Atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block |
| title_sort | atypical course of vertebral artery identified by ultrasound prescan before performing a stellate ganglion block |
| topic | stellate ganglia ultrasonography vertebral artery |
| url | http://www.jmuonline.org/article.asp?issn=0929-6441;year=2022;volume=30;issue=2;spage=143;epage=145;aulast=Oh |
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