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Paradoxical Hyperalgesia of Supra-orbital and Infra-orbital Nerve Blocks when Anesthetizing the Trigeminal Nerves in Trans-Sphenoidal Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded Clinical Trial
2021-04-22
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<h4>Background: </h4> Pituitary neurosurgery executed via the transsphenoidal endonasal approach is commonly performed for pituitary adenomas. Reasons for prolonged hospital stay include postoperative migraine headache pain and protracted nausea with or without vomiting. Bilateral superficial trigeminal nerve blocks of the supra-orbital V1 and infra-orbital V2 (SION) nerves performed intra-operatively as a regiona...
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- b32e0ca7-a920-533f-8bbc-4cb8702b189e
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-356449/v1
