TY - JOUR
T1 - Can the neurovascular compression volume of the trigeminal nerve on magnetic resonance cisternography predict the success of local anesthetic block after initial treatment by the carbamazepine?
AU - Shiiba, Shunji
AU - Tanaka, Tatsurou
AU - Sakamoto, Eiji
AU - Oda, Masafumi
AU - Kito, Shinji
AU - Ono, Kentaro
AU - Wakasugi-Sato, Nao
AU - Matsumoto-Takeda, Shinobu
AU - Seta, Yuji
AU - Imamura, Yoshiki
AU - Nakanishi, Osamu
AU - Inenaga, Kiyotoshi
AU - Morimoto, Yasuhiro
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Objectives: Whether NVC volume on magnetic resonance (MR) cisternography might be related to the success of local anesthetic block by tetracaine (TNB) as an additional treatment after carbamazepine (CBZ) treatments in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) was evaluated. Study Design: Detectable NVC volumes were measured from MR cisternography in 65 patients with TN treated by TNB after CBZ treatments. The correlation between the success of TNB and the NVC volume or the improvement in pain by CBZ was evaluated retrospectively. Results: A significant difference was found between the improvement in pain by CBZ and the success of TNB, but not between NVC volume on MR cisternography and the success of TNB. Conclusions: The present results suggest that the success of CBZ as initial treatment, but not NVC volume on MR cisternography, may be a significant predictor of the success of TNB as additional therapy in patients with TN.
AB - Objectives: Whether NVC volume on magnetic resonance (MR) cisternography might be related to the success of local anesthetic block by tetracaine (TNB) as an additional treatment after carbamazepine (CBZ) treatments in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) was evaluated. Study Design: Detectable NVC volumes were measured from MR cisternography in 65 patients with TN treated by TNB after CBZ treatments. The correlation between the success of TNB and the NVC volume or the improvement in pain by CBZ was evaluated retrospectively. Results: A significant difference was found between the improvement in pain by CBZ and the success of TNB, but not between NVC volume on MR cisternography and the success of TNB. Conclusions: The present results suggest that the success of CBZ as initial treatment, but not NVC volume on MR cisternography, may be a significant predictor of the success of TNB as additional therapy in patients with TN.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.03.029
DO - 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.03.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 22925627
AN - SCOPUS:84890440833
VL - 117
SP - e15-e21
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
SN - 2212-4403
IS - 1
ER -