Efficacy of peripheral glycerol injection in the management of trigeminal neuralgia
Pakistan Oral and Dental Journal. 2006; 26 (1): 93-96
in English
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| ID: emr-80186
ABSTRACT
To evaluate the degree and duration of pain relief obtained with peripheral glycerol injection in patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia. Interventional, Clinical trial. Fifty [50] medically resistant and non-surgically treated patients were selected. In the study group twenty five [25] patients received 1 ml glycerol injections in the involved peripheral nerve, after administration of local anaesthesia. The control group of twenty five [25] patients received 1 ml normal saline injections. All the patients [25] in the control group [normal saline] had no pain relief. Out of the 25 patients who received glycerol injections 24 [96%] patients had pain relief for 3 months. At six months nineteen [76%] patients had pain relief. At one-year follow up eleven patients [44%] continued to have pain relief. Another eleven [44%] patients were pain free with minimal dose of medication. There were no significant complications reported after the glycerol injections. The combination of efficacy and decreased morbidity makes peripheral glycerol injections a useful treatment modality for medically intractable Trigeminal Neuralgia patients
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pain
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Disease Management
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Glycerol
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pak. Oral Dent. J.
Year:
2006
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