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. 1994 Jan;4(1):15–20. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1058983

Transfacial Transpterygomaxillary Access to Foramen Rotundum, Sphenopalatine Ganglion, and the Maxillary Nerve in the Management of Atypical Facial Pain

Michael T Stechison, Martha Brogan
PMCID: PMC1656472  PMID: 17170920

Abstract

Post-traumatic atypical facial pain syndromes are refractory to medical therapy and thus challenging to treat. Some of these patients have a facial causalgia syndrome that may include autonomic as well as trigeminal fibers as the anatomic mediators. A procedure that may be of both diagnostic and therapeutic benefit is a nerve block in the region of the foramen rotundum. This allows access to both the maxillary nerve and the sphenopalatine ganglion. A simple technique developed to perform this procedure is described, and the results in a series of six patients are presented.

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