The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) has attracted the interest of practitioners treating head
and face pain for over a century because of its anatomical connections and role in the …

Background Sphenopalatine ganglion is the largest collection of neurons in the calvarium
outside of the brain. Over the past century, it has been a target for interventional treatment of …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this article is to focus on an excruciating
disorder of the face, named atypical facial pain or persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP). It is …

Introduction Interventional techniques such as radiofrequency (RF) treatment can be used to
interrupt pain signals transmitted through the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). RF …

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a unilateral disorder characterized by electric shock-like pain,
abrupt onset and termination, and limited to one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve …

Background: Sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) blockade or lesioning can offer significant
pain relief for cluster headaches (CHs) and a variety of other pain syndromes involving the …

Background: Neuropathic facial pain occurs due to pathologic dysfunctions of a nerve
responsible for mediating sensory fibers to the head. Surgical interventions, in cases of …

Purpose The aim of this in vitro study was to investigate temperature increases in the inferior
alveolar canal (IAC), when different bone preparation methods approximate and penetrate …

Background Pulsed radiofrequency neuromodulation (PRFN) of greater occipital nerve
(GON) is considered in patients with headaches failing to achieve sustained analgesic …

Aims: To provide an analysis of the different therapeutic peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs), as
well as their limitations and the related evidence base for their use in chronic orofacial pain …