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.