title: Experience with the xylocaine test as a prognostic aid for surgery in Sluder's neuralgia.
abstract: Facial pain is a common symptom. Patients with this symptom without any overt disease of nose and paranasal sinuses are often diagnosed as having chronic rhinosinusitis. Thirty-six cases were seen and treated surgically by middle turbinectomy or septal surgery in this series. The xylocaine (10 per cent) test seemed to be a good prognostic aid for the surgical procedures. Medical treatment did not seem to relieve the symptoms. Larger series with control trials are recommended in order to establish this practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kamal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine