Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by episodic, paroxysmal, triggered pain in a distribution of 1 or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve. The pain is usually unilateral at any one time, although 5-10% of patients may at some time in their lives have contralateral paroxysmal triggered pain. The paroxysms of pain are usually severe and debilitating. [...]
In: Anesthesia
1 Nov 2009The effectiveness of topical anesthesia to reduce needle insertion pain has been met with mixed results. In our study, topical anesthetic effectiveness was found to be related to the location of the injection. For the inferior alveolar nerve block injection (Figure), no significant difference was found between the no pain/pain ratings when topical anesthetic was [...]
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