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Treatment of a Patient with Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia by the Anterior Tonsillar Pillar Method

We describe the case of a 65-year-old patient with glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Pain was triggered by swallowing, yawning, or cold food. We used the anterior tonsillar pillar method for the injection of drugs; a relatively new glossopharyngeal nerve (GPN) block which was described by Benumof (Anesthe...

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Autor principal: Isbir, Cemil Ahmet
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21468360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324093