RT Book, Section
A1 Narouze, Samer
A2 Diwan, Sudhir
A2 Staats, Peter S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107196755
T1 Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block
T2 Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071738767
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107196755
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  sphenopalatine  ganglion  (SPG)  is  a  large  extracranial  structure  that  has  rich  sympathetic  and  parasympathetic  autonomic  innervations,  which  explains  the  autonomic  features  associated  with  cluster  headache.  Cluster  headache  involves  activation  of  the  parasympathetic  outflow  from  the  superior  salivary  nucleus  of  the  facial  nerve,  predominantly  through  the  SPG.1