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Subcutaneous Trigeminal Nerve Field Stimulation for Refractory Facial Pain
Published on: May 10, 2017
Medical treatment of post-dental extraction peripheral painful traumatic trigeminal neuropathy
José López-López1, Albert Estrugo-Devesa, Enric Jane-Salas
1Department of Odontostomatology, School of Dentistry, Barcelona University, Health Campus University of Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
Quintessence International (Berlin, Germany : 1985)
|June 13, 2013
Abstract:
Pain arising from surgical procedures that damage the inferior alveolar nerve typically responds poorly to classic therapies. The present case reports the successful medical treatment of this problem with a 10-day course of a corticosteroid and a concomitant 30-day course of an anticonvulsant.
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