Changes of oral trigeminal sensitivity in patients after middle ear surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1636-1640

  Just, Tino ^a   Steiner, Susanne ^a   Strenger, Tobias ^a   Pau, Hans W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Chorda tympani nerve; Irritation; Middle ear; Nociception; Trigeminal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; NERVE CELL LESION; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPSAICIN; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; TONGUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 34548395877     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31806dd060     Document Type: Article

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