Three common neuralgias. How to manage trigeminal, occipital, and postherpetic pain.
The pain experienced by patients with trigeminal, occipital, or postherpetic neuralgia is often severe, chronic, and difficult to treat. In this article, Drs Ashkenazi and Levin outline the pathologic mechanisms of pain in these common neuralgias and discuss individually tailored pharmacologic and surgical approaches to their treatment.
Ashkenazi
Avi
A
Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. avi.ashkenazi@mail.tju.edu
Levin
Morris
M
D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D016634:Radiosurgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
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