Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Medical Therapy Alone vs Combined Medical Therapy and Extraoral Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block in Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-102

  Singh, Preet M ^a   Dehran, Maya ^a   Mohan, Virender K ^a   Trikha, Anjan ^a   Kaur, Manpreet ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extra oral glossopharyngeal nerve block; Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; GPN; Multidimensional pain assessment; Neuralgia; Pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GABAPENTIN; MECOBALAMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPHAGIA; EATING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE BLOCK; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOOD; NERVE BLOCK; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84872486455     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12001     Document Type: Article

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