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Have you found sphenopalatine blocks to be an effective treatment for headaches secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage?

As opposed to using occipital nerve blocks?
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Do you use sphenopalatine blocks for patients in the hospital?

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Neurology · UC Davis Health
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Anecdotally, yes, but we have only been doing this as part of a small research project at our institution. The literature is largely limited to case reports and there is at least one clinical trial (NCT07116408) looking specifically at this, scheduled to finish enrollment in 2026. There are commerci...

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