PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Koizuka, S. AU - Saito, S. AU - Kubo, K. AU - Tomioka, A. AU - Takazawa, T. AU - Sakurazawa, S. AU - Goto, F. TI - Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Mandibular Nerve Rhizotomy Guided by CT Fluoroscopy DP - 2006 Sep 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 1647--1648 VI - 27 IP - 8 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/8/1647.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/8/1647.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Sep 01; 27 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.