Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review
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. Various therapeutic modalities for TN have been introduced. We searched for literature indexed in PubMed, Medline,...
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| author | Jin Young Lee Gil Ho Lee Seung Hyun Yi Woo Seog Sim Bae Wook Kim Hue Jung Park |
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| description | 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. Various therapeutic modalities for TN have been introduced. We searched for literature indexed in PubMed, Medline, and the National Library of Medicine and reviewed all relevant articles on non-surgical treatments for TN. Published studies were reviewed with no restrictions on date; reviews, clinical trials, animal studies, retrospective studies, and cases were included. Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are the recommended first-line pharmacotherapies. Interventional treatments should be considered when pharmacotherapy is insufficient or withdrawn because of adverse effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-619c3f2020a544b3b2e8a155051b5f6d2023-11-19T00:21:59ZengMDPI AGBiomedicines2227-90592023-08-01118231510.3390/biomedicines11082315Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative ReviewJin Young Lee0Gil Ho Lee1Seung Hyun Yi2Woo Seog Sim3Bae Wook Kim4Hue Jung Park5Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of KoreaTrigeminal 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. Various therapeutic modalities for TN have been introduced. We searched for literature indexed in PubMed, Medline, and the National Library of Medicine and reviewed all relevant articles on non-surgical treatments for TN. Published studies were reviewed with no restrictions on date; reviews, clinical trials, animal studies, retrospective studies, and cases were included. Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are the recommended first-line pharmacotherapies. Interventional treatments should be considered when pharmacotherapy is insufficient or withdrawn because of adverse effects.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/8/2315interventionpainpharmacotherapytreatmenttrigeminal neuralgia |
| spellingShingle | Jin Young Lee Gil Ho Lee Seung Hyun Yi Woo Seog Sim Bae Wook Kim Hue Jung Park Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review Biomedicines intervention pain pharmacotherapy treatment trigeminal neuralgia |
| title | Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review |
| title_full | Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review |
| title_fullStr | Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review |
| title_short | Non-Surgical Treatments of Trigeminal Neuralgia from the Perspective of a Pain Physician: A Narrative Review |
| title_sort | non surgical treatments of trigeminal neuralgia from the perspective of a pain physician a narrative review |
| topic | intervention pain pharmacotherapy treatment trigeminal neuralgia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/8/2315 |
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