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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Intravenous cannula used for continuous intraoral mandibular nerve block in trigeminal neuralgia.

Harriet Katharine Stringer, Farzad Borumandi

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harriet Katharine StringerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Western Sussex Hospital Foundation Trust, St Richards Hospital and Worthing Hospital, Chichester and Worthing, UK.
Farzad BorumandiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Western Sussex Hospital Foundation Trust, St Richards Hospital and Worthing Hospital, Chichester and Worthing, UK farzad.borumandi@nhs.net.
Worthing Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition affecting one or more distributions of the trigeminal nerve. Patients with this condition experience short, sharp, shooting pain attacks, which can progress to longer, more frequent durations. The pain is often difficult to control. We report of a man who was admitted with severe neuralgia of the third division of the trigeminal nerve. Talking and any oral intake triggered a severe agonising pain. The latter made the regular oral intake of analgesia challenging. The pain was temporarily controlled with frequent local anaesthesia (LA). Dental core trainees were performing regular inferior alveolar nerve blocks which significantly improved patients' condition allowing him to communicate and have oral intake. Subsequently, a catheter was placed allowing for a continuous anaesthesia. The connecting tube of the cannula was then used by nursing staff to administer LA providing pain relief without the need of repeated intraoral injections.

Indexed as

Trigeminal NeuralgiaAnesthesia, LocalCannulaHumansMaleMandibular NerveTrigeminal Nervedentistry and oral medicinehead and neck surgerymouthoral and maxillofacial surgery

Identifiers

PMID33737280
PMCPMC7978264
OpenAlexW3136013667

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