One hundred and forty-six patients with trigeminal neuralgia were studied. Of 49 patients ultimately maintained pain-free by non-medical means, 26 underwent peripheral neurectomy. Twenty of these achieved excellent pain control in the longer term and 5 of the remaining 6 became more responsive to carbamazepine after operation. Seven patients required repeat neurectomies. Peripheral neurectomy i...

OBJECTIVE The authors assessed the long-term pain relief after local nerve blocks or neurectomy in patients suffering from chronic pain because of Pfannenstiel-induced nerve entrapment. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The low transverse Pfannenstiel incision has been associated with chronic lower abdominal pain because of nerve entrapment (2%-4%). Treatment options include peripheral nerve blocks or ...

BACKGROUND Normal physiological voiding, as well as generation of abnormal bladder contractions in the diseased state, is critically dependent on acetylcholine-induced stimulation of contractile muscarinic receptors on the detrusor muscle of the urinary bladder. This study investigated the effect of pelvic nerve neurectomy and estrogen treatment on the M2 muscarinic receptors of urinary bladder...

Introduction Labyrinthectomy and vestibular neurectomy are considered the surgical procedures with the highest possibility of controlling medically untreatable incapacitating vertigo. Ironically, after 100 years of the introduction of both transmastoid labyrinthectomy and vestibular neurectomy, the choice of which procedure to use rests primarily on the evaluation of the hearing and of the surg...

Introduction Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a generally benign condition that responds to repositioning maneuvers and frequently resolves spontaneously. However, for some patients it can become a disabling condition in which surgery must be considered. Two different surgical techniques exist, singular neurectomy and posterior semicircular canal occlusion. Objective The objective of thi...