RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Mandibular Nerve Rhizotomy Guided by CT Fluoroscopy
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1647
OP 1648
VO 27
IS 8
A1 Koizuka, S.
A1 Saito, S.
A1 Kubo, K.
A1 Tomioka, A.
A1 Takazawa, T.
A1 Sakurazawa, S.
A1 Goto, F.
YR 2006
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/8/1647.abstract
AB 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.