Neuronavigated percutaneous approach to the sphenopalatine ganglion.
The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) has been assumed to be involved in the genesis of several types of facial pain, including Sluder's neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, persistent idiopathic facial pain, cluster headache, and atypical facial pain. The gold standard treatments for SPG-related pain are percutaneous procedures performed with the aid of fluoroscopy or CT. In this technical note the authors present, for the first time, an SPG approach using the aid of a neuronavigator.
Neurosurgical Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana-AOUP, Pisa, Italy.
Nicola
N
Benedetto
Neurosurgical Department, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana-AOUP, Pisa, Italy.
Paolo
P
Perrini
D005260:Female; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
GK = Gamma Knife; PPF = pterygopalatine fossa; RF = radiofrequency; SPG = sphenopalatine ganglion; TN = trigeminal neuralgia; atypical facial pain; functional neurosurgery; neuronavigation; percutaneous; sphenopalatine ganglion; trigeminal neuralgia