Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block and Cold Induced Headaches

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine if a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block, performed through intranasal atomization of 4% lidocaine, is able to prevent cold induced cephalgia ("Brain Freeze"). Secondary objectives will be to determine the degree of decreased pain/duration of brain freeze after sphenopalatine ganglion block

Timeline

Start

2025-01-01

Primary completion

2025-05-01

Completion

2025-07-01

Publications

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• Background Hensel O, Burow P, Mages S, Wienke A, Kraya T, Zierz S. Increased Blood Flow Velocity in Middle Cerebral Artery and Headache Upon Ingestion of Ice Water. Front Neurol. 2019 Jun 28;10:677. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00677. eCollection 2019.
• Background Binfalah M, Alghawi E, Shosha E, Alhilly A, Bakhiet M. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for the Treatment of Acute Migraine Headache. Pain Res Treat. 2018 May 7;2018:2516953. doi: 10.1155/2018/2516953. eCollection 2018.
• Background Bird N, MacGregor EA, Wilkinson MI. Ice cream headache--site, duration, and relationship to migraine. Headache. 1992 Jan;32(1):35-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1992.hed3201035.x.
• Background Morgan A, Romanello G. Use of the Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block to Treat Migraine Headaches in the Emergency Department. Cureus. 2022 Jan 19;14(1):e21428. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21428. eCollection 2022 Jan.
• Background Rocha-Romero A, Roychoudhury P, Cordero RB, Mendoza ML. [Self-applied sphenopalatine ganglion block for postdural puncture headache: four case reports]. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2020 Sep-Oct;70(5):561-564. doi: 10.1016/j.bjan.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

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