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Review ArticleREVIEWS AND CONTEMPORARY UPDATES

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block and Radiofrequency Ablation: Technical Notes and Efficacy

Reda Tolba, Austin L. Weiss and Daniel J. Denis
Ochsner Journal March 2019, 19 (1) 32-37; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.18.0163
Reda Tolba
1Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
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Austin L. Weiss
1Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
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Daniel J. Denis
2Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
3The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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    Contrast material injected with appropriate spread confirming correct placement within the pterygopalatine fossa.

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