scholarly journals Peripheral Neurectomy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve – A Treatment Option for Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Case Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 157-159
Author(s):  
Gunachandra Rai ◽  
Ann Mary George ◽  
B.H Sripathi Rao
Neurosurgery ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Haliasos ◽  
George Prezerakos ◽  
Sarin Kuruvath ◽  
Neil Garvan ◽  
Sebastiano Bavetta

Author(s):  
Abhijeet Alok ◽  
Kamal Hasan ◽  
Abhinav Jha ◽  
Dashmesh Thakur

JHN Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Zussman ◽  
Yaron Moshel

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jintakorn Kuvatanasuchati ◽  
Karoon Leowsrisook

Abstract Background Chronic facial pain is a serious condition affecting millions of people worldwide. The reasons for chronic facial pain vary, and currently, the methods of treating chronic facial pain are expensive, invasive, and, based on current findings, ineffective. The purpose of this study is to develop and test an effective, cost-friendly method to treat patients with chronic facial pain. This study will examine the effectiveness of a novel treatment of a patient suffering from trigeminal neuralgia. Case presentation A 70-year-old Thai female visited the advanced general dentistry clinic at the Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. She was suffering from facial pain on her left side and was diagnosed by a physician as having trigeminal neuralgia. She experienced a sharp shooting pain that was triggered by facial movements such as chewing, speaking, or brushing teeth, and touching certain areas of her face. Bouts of pain lasted from a few seconds to several minutes, and episodes of several attacks lasted days, weeks, months, or longer prior to her visit to the advanced general dentistry clinic at Mahidol University. Physician designed an occlusal equilibration appliance for treating the patient by inserting the appliance in the mouth for dental occlusal equilibration (deprogram). The patient used this appliance by placing it in the mouth continuously (day and night) and removed it only when eating. After using the appliance for 2 weeks, the patient appeared to feel and look better prior to taking medication and was able to eat normally. The patient was pain free after treatment for a duration of 9 months. However, after 9 months, the pain reoccurred and manifested itself. Conclusion This novel treatment of recurrent facial pain showed an improvement of the patient’s chronic facial pain and serves as evidence to being a novel method for treating those suffering from trigeminal neuralgia.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 558-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juyoung Ryu ◽  
Kangwook Lee ◽  
Changmug Joe ◽  
JongCheon Joo ◽  
Namhun Lee ◽  
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Hyperthermia, which is a noninvasive treatment that causes tumor cells to become heated and that works in synergy with anticancer drugs and radiation therapy, is emerging as a promising treatment for patients with cancer. The purpose of this study is to report the efficacy of hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy (gemcitabine/cisplatin) for the treatment of a patient with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma. A 54-year-old man was diagnosed as hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor) and was administered neoadjuvant and preoperative radiation with chemotherapy. However, because the treatment with radiation and chemotherapy was not successful, he decided to undergo hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy as a second treatment option. He was suffering from fatigue, dyspepsia, epigastralgia, and jaundice. Hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy was administered 32 times over a period of 4 months. The patient experienced no critical complications, and the patient’s condition improved, with the carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) and the total bilirubin levels being relatively lowered. In addition, the computed tomography scan showed that the cholangiocarcinoma had not progressed. In conclusion, this case report suggests radiofrequency hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy may be a promising treatment option for patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
MaurusMarques de Almeida Holanda ◽  
NormandoGuedes Pereira Neto ◽  
Gustavo de Moura Peixoto ◽  
RayanHaquim Pinheiro Santos

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