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Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block

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Interventional Management of Head and Face Pain

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Glossopharyngeal nerve block has an important diagnostic role in the evaluation of head and orofacial pain. Glossopharyngeal nerve block is beneficial in alleviating pain due to glossopharyngeal neuralgia and cancer.

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  1. Center for Pain Medicine, Western Reserve Hospital, 1900 Twenty-Third Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 44223, USA

    Samer N. Narouze MD, PhD

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    Samer N. Narouze

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Narouze, S.N. (2014). Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block. In: N. Narouze, S. (eds) Interventional Management of Head and Face Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8951-1_6

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