title: Cryosurgery in the management of intractable facial pain.
abstract: The biological sequelae to the experimental freezing of peripheral nerves have been shown to differ in several respects from those following other types of nerve injury. A clinical application of these effects utilising the extreme low temperature produced by modern cryosurgical equipment is proposed and a preliminary evaluation is made.
mesh_terms: D003452:Cryosurgery; D005145:Face; D005156:Facial Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009407:Nerve Block; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery; D012677:Sensation; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery