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Before the established popularity of epidural anesthesia for labor and delivery, paracervical block was one of the most frequently used regional techniques administered for analgesia during the first stage of labor. Paracervical block has a limited role in modern obstetric practice, except in cases where central neural blockade is not feasible or is unavailable. Frankenhauser’s ganglion, which contents all the visceral sensory nerve fibers from the uterus, cervix, and upper vagina, is located in the lateral fornix of the upper vaginal canal. It is that ganglion or plexus of nerves that is blocked by a paracervical block.
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Jankovic, D. (2022). Paracervical (Uterosacral Block). In: Jankovic, D., Peng, P. (eds) Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88727-8_39
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