Combination of pharmacotherapy and lidocaine analgesic block of the peripheral trigeminal branches for trigeminal neuralgia: a pilot study

Combination of pharmacotherapy and lidocaine analgesic block of the peripheral trigeminal branches for trigeminal neuralgia: a pilot study

Classical trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) is treated predominantly by pharmacotherapy but side effects and unsuccessful occurs. The current study was carried out to evaluate the therapeutic effect of combination of pharmacotherapy and lidocaine block. Thirteen patients with CTN managed with pharmacothera...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Di Stani, Christine Ojango, Demo Dugoni, Luigi Di Lorenzo, Salvatore Masala, Roberto Delfini, Gianluca Bruti, Giovanni Simonetti, Elcio Juliato Piovesan, Andrea Gennaro Ruggeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2015-08-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
bloqueio analgésico
lidocaína
neuralgia trigeminal clássica
tratamento
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015000800660&lng=en&tlng=en
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