[Via the submandible: cervical glossopharyngeal neurectomy and histomorphology findings].
Three cases of serious idiopathic glossopharyngeal neuralgia are reported. They were treated with cervical glossopharyngeal neurectomy via the submandible. The resected nerve tissue was detected under light and microscope. The pathological change was found in the form of myelinoclasis. The present article is intended to introduce a method via the submandible, comparing the intracranial and extracranial approach. We think the procedure via the submandible is a method more safe, simple and therefore, worthy to be recommended.
D005260:Female; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures