Cryosurgery in the management of intractable facial pain.
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.
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