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Facial and Cranial Pain

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Neurosurgical Management of Pain

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This chapter will address a specific, and in many ways unique, pain problem: facial pain. The discussion will include, but will not be limited to a discussion of trigeminal neuralgia. Trigeminal neuralgia stands out from other facial pain syndromes in that it is relatively easily and reliably diagnosed with a brief history, and it has a number of highly effective nonsurgical and surgical treatments. Other facial pain syndromes are often not so easily diagnosed and treated, but will nevertheless appear in a clinical practice of neurosurgery from time to time.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Richard B. North MD

  2. Division of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Robert M. Levy MD, PhD

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Burchiel, K.J., Burgess, J.N. (1997). Facial and Cranial Pain. In: North, R.B., Levy, R.M. (eds) Neurosurgical Management of Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1938-5_9

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