Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report

Persistent idiopathic facial pain is a rare and difficult condition to treat. Several pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and invasive treatment options have been used, with varying results. We report the case of a patient with intractable persistent idiopathic facial pain who responded favorably...

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Autor principal: Vadhanan, Prasanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Dental Society of Anesthsiology 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8814727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35169622
http://dx.doi.org/10.17245/jdapm.2022.22.1.67
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description Persistent idiopathic facial pain is a rare and difficult condition to treat. Several pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and invasive treatment options have been used, with varying results. We report the case of a patient with intractable persistent idiopathic facial pain who responded favorably to a combination of botulinum toxin injections and pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the infraorbital nerve.
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spelling pubmed-88147272022-02-14 Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report Vadhanan, Prasanna J Dent Anesth Pain Med Case Report Persistent idiopathic facial pain is a rare and difficult condition to treat. Several pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and invasive treatment options have been used, with varying results. We report the case of a patient with intractable persistent idiopathic facial pain who responded favorably to a combination of botulinum toxin injections and pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the infraorbital nerve. The Korean Dental Society of Anesthsiology 2022-02 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8814727/ /pubmed/35169622 http://dx.doi.org/10.17245/jdapm.2022.22.1.67 Text en Copyright © 2022 Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
title Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
title_full Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
title_fullStr Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
title_short Persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
title_sort persistent idiopathic facial pain treated with botulinum toxin and pulsed radiofrequency of infraorbital nerve: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8814727/
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