title: [Local drug injection for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia].
abstract: Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common facial pain syndrome,which remains a difficult condition to manage due to lack of knowledge on pathophysiological mechanisms. Local drug injection is a minimally invasive and useful technique to manage trigeminal neuralgia, with a high success rate and low incidence of morbidity. Although a large number of drugs have been used to treat trigeminal neuralgia, there still remains a great challenge to reduce the recurrent rates and complications both intra- or post- injections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yun-Fu
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy*