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Protocol for a systematic mapping review of surgical and pharmacological interventions for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Medwave; 24 (4), 2024
INTRODUCTION: Trigeminal neuralgia is a painful neuropathic disorder characterized by sudden electric shock–like pain that significantly impacts patients' quality of life. Multiple treatment alternatives are available, including medical and surgical options but establishing the optimal course of action...

Cannabis. Usos y aplicaciones en la práctica odontológica diaria: revisión de la literatura

La evidencia científica presente en la literatura indica que el cannabis puede ser utilizado con fines terapéuticos para tratar distintas afecciones odontológicas. Dado el acceso sencillo a la cavidad bucal, las distintas formulaciones de cannabis pueden aplicarse de forma tópica. La aplicación loca...

Trigeminal neuralgia after corneal transplantation - a case report

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT Description of a patient with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy submitted to a corneal transplant, performed by Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, which evolved with sudden, paroxysmal pain in the frontotemporal region, postoperatively. Due to the ophthalmologic picture of the patient, the at...

Neuralgia del Trigémino

Med. leg. Costa Rica; 37 (1), 2020
Resumen La neuralgia del trigémino (NT) es una enfermedad cuya prevalencia es alta y corresponde a un porcentaje importante de neuralgias faciales; en donde las personas más afectadas son mayores de 50 años. Su manifestación clínica suele ser de cuadros de dolor facial severo y recurrentes, unilater...

El uso de toxina botulínica en el tratamiento de la neuralgia del trigémino (V par craneal)

Odovtos (En línea); 20 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT The Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is described as neuropathic pain at the orofacial level, characterized by unbearable pain that can last from a few seconds to several minutes. The different treatments used for these patients are to numb the nerve, surgical, pharmacological, and the administration a...

NLRP3 inflammasome signaling as an early molecular response is negatively controlled by miR-186 in CFA-induced prosopalgia mice

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (9), 2018
The NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is the most frequently studied in the central nervous system and has been linked to neuropathic pain. In this study, a post-translational mechanism of microRNA (miR)-186 via regulating the expression of NLRP3 in the complete Freu...

Botulinum neurotoxin type-A when utilized in animals with trigeminal sensitization induced a antinociceptive effect

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose of the study was evaluate the possible antinociceptive effect of botulinum neurotoxin type-A (BoNT/A) in an experimental model of trigeminal neuralgia. Method Neuropathic pain was induced by surgical constriction of the infraorbital nerve in rats. A control group underwent a sham proce...

Effect of carbamazepine and gabapentin on excitability in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis of neonatal rats using a voltage-sensitive dye imaging technique

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: The antiepileptic drugs carbamazepine and gabapentin are effective in treating neuropathic pain and trigeminal neuralgia. In the present study, to analyze the effects of carbamazepine and gabapentin on neuronal excitation in the spinal trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Sp5c) in the medulla oblo...

Tratamento famacológico da neuralgia do trigêmeo: revisão sistemática e metanálise

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 54 (6), 2004
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A neuralgia do trigêmeo é uma síndrome de dor crônica, caracterizada por paroxismos de dor excruciante que afeta de maneira dramática a qualidade de vida dos pacientes acometidos. A terapia medicamentosa sistêmica é considerada o tratamento de primeira linha para esta do...