CT‐Guided Percutaneous Infrazygomatic Radiofrequency Neurolysis Through Foramen Rotundum to Treat V2 Trigeminal Neuralgia

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 1418 - 1428
• Main Authors: Huang, Bing, Yao, Ming, Feng, Zhiying, Guo, Jianguo, Zereshki, Arzhang, Leong, Michael, Qian, Xiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.08.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Block; Chronic Pain; Electrocoagulation - methods; Female; Headache; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuralgia; Radiofrequency; Radiography, Interventional - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Trigeminal Neuralgia - surgery; Headache; Block; Neuralgia; Radiofrequency; Chronic Pain

Objective Percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation or neurolysis of Gasserian ganglion through foramen ovale (FO) is the classical approach to treat trigeminal neuralgia (TN). However, it has been technically challenging when individual trigeminal sub‐branch nerve block is desired through this...