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Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block

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The glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX) is an important consideration as a pain generator or modulator in cases of recalcitrant pain of the face and neck. Although uncommon as an etiology of head and neck pain (0.57–1.3 % of cases of facial pain), impingement or injury to the glossopharyngeal nerve can lead to glossopharyngeal neuralgia, a potentially life-threatening disease. Therefore, it is vital that the interventional pain management specialist learns to recognize disease of cranial nerve IX as well as to become facile with techniques of providing analgesia to this important structure.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 West Wellington Ave, Suite 4815, Chicago, IL, 60657, USA

    Kenneth D. Candido M.D.

  2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 345 East Superior St, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

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  1. The Center for Pain Relief, Inc., West Virginia University, 400 Court Street, Suite 100, Charleston, 25301, West Virginia, USA

    Timothy R. Deer

  2. Stanford Pain Management Center, Redwood City, CA, Clinic Chief, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 94065, California, USA

    Michael S. Leong

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College, Professor, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, 60612, Illinois, USA

    Asokumar Buvanendran

  4. Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, 17033-0850, Pennsylvania, USA

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  5. Center for Interventional Pain and Spine, Newark, DE USA, Medical Director, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, 19010, Pennsylvania, USA

    Philip S. Kim

  6. President, National Institute of Pain, Tampa, 33558, Florida, USA

    Sunil J. Panchal

  7. The LITE Center, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director, School of Medicine, Miami, 33143, Florida, USA

    Albert L. Ray

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Candido, K.D., Chien, G.C.C. (2013). Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block. In: Deer, T., et al. Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1560-2_31

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