TY - JOUR T1 - Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Mandibular Nerve Rhizotomy Guided by CT Fluoroscopy JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1647 LP - 1648 VL - 27 IS - 8 AU - S. Koizuka AU - S. Saito AU - K. Kubo AU - A. Tomioka AU - T. Takazawa AU - S. Sakurazawa AU - F. Goto Y1 - 2006/09/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/8/1647.abstract N2 - SUMMARY: We describe a new method for radio-frequency mandibular nerve rhizotomy under CT fluoroscopy. A patient with cancer had severe intractable and drug-resistant pain in his left mandibular region. Because he had an anatomic deformity due to cancer invasion and radiation therapy, we planned a mandibular nerve rhizotomy under CT fluoroscopic imaging. The needle was advanced to the mandibular nerve just caudal to the foramen ovale under real-time CT fluoroscopy, avoiding the cancer region. Pain scores of the patient were reduced after the nerve rhizotomy, without any complications. ER -