Effects of radiofrequency thermocoagulation of the sphenopalatine ganglion on headache and facial pain: Correlation with diagnosis

Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Oomen, Karin P ^a   van Wijck, Albert J ^a   Hordijk, Gerrit J ^a   de Ru, Jacob A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Central Military Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atypical facial pain; Classification; Cluster headache; Facial pain; Radiofrequency thermocoagulation; Sluder's neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; ORBIT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURIES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84860793214     PISSN: 23330384     EISSN: 23330376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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