Appraisement of stellate ganglion block therapy for uncertainty statements syndrome with infrared thermography / 生物医学工程学杂志

ABSTRACT

We treated 20 patients suffering from uncertainty statements syndrome (USS) with stellate ganglion block (SGB) therapy. The medical infrared thermography was examined before and after the SGB therapy. Analysis on the changes of surface temperature as well as the outcome of the patients was carried out. Among the mentioned 20 patients, 15 (75%) got obvious effect, 4 (20%) fairly good effect and 1 (5%) a little improvement after the SGB therapy. The corresponding surface temperatures of these patients were 1.32 +/- 0.27 degrees C, 0.97 +/- 0.31 degrees C, and 0.76 +/- 0.33 degrees C, respectively. The more the surface temperature changed, the better the efficacy of the therapy was. The medical infrared thermography may objectively represent the therapeutic effect of SGB on the USS.