Microvascular decompression may be an effective treatment for nervus intermedius neuralgia
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Microvascular decompression may be an effective treatment for nervus intermedius neuralgia.
OBJECTIVE To report microvascular decompression as a possible effective treatment for patients with nervus intermedius neuralgia, and to contribute to the literature regarding both this syndrome and this specific form of treatment. METHOD Case report of a patient with intermedius neuralgia. The main complaint was severe otalgia in the area innervated by the nervus intermedius, possibly caused...
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Correspondence Address: Turgay Demir, Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, Adana, Türkiye E-mail: [email protected] Received: 30.10.2015 Accepted: 29.02.2016 ©Copyright 2017 by Turkish Association of Neuropsychiatry Available online at www.noropskiyatriarsivi.com Cite this article as: Demir T, Erdem M, Bıçakcı Ş. A Very Rare Type of Neuralgia: Nervus Intermedius Neuralg...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s002221511100079x