Cervical Multifidus Fatty Degeneration and Bony Foraminal Stenosis Are Associated with Unsuccessful Response to Stellate Ganglion Block in Cervical Radicular Pain: A Retrospective Study
Hyun-Jung Kwon, Daeyun Choi, Shin Wook Yi, Jun-Seok Lee, Jin-Woo Shin, Seong-Soo Choi, Doo-Hwan Kim, Chan-Sik Kim · 2026
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Hyun-Jung Kwon and co-authors look, in a 2026 retrospective study, for features that predict failure of a nerve block used for neck-root pain. The stellate ganglion block offers a safer alternative to spinal injections, but responders vary. Records of patients treated with the ultrasound-guided block were sorted by whether pain halved within three months.
Two scan findings independently predicted a poor response. Heavy fatty degeneration of the deep neck muscles more than quartered the odds of success. Narrowing of the nerve exit caused by bony overgrowth, rather than a slipped disc, also cut the odds substantially. Success rates fell step by step as risk factors accumulated, from nearly ninety-five percent with none to about forty percent with both.
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| CREATOR | Hyun-Jung Kwon, Daeyun Choi, Shin Wook Yi, Jun-Seok Lee, Jin-Woo Shin, Seong-Soo Choi, Doo-Hwan Kim, Chan-Sik Kim |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |