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Experience with the xylocaine test as a prognostic aid for surgery in Sluder's neuralgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Syed Akhtar Kamal
Syed Akhtar Kamal*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Syed Akhtar Kamal, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

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Facial pain is a common symptom. Patients with this symptom without any overt disease of nose and paranasal sinuses are often diagnosed as having chronic rhinosinusitis. Thirty-six cases were seen and treated surgically by middle turbinectomy or septal surgery in this series. The xylocaine (10 per cent) test seemed to be a good prognostic aid for the surgical procedures. Medical treatment did not seem to relieve the symptoms. Larger series with control trials are recommended in order to establish this practice.

Keywords

Facial painNose, surgery
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 193 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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