Journal Reviews

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CRS vs. migraine: which is the culprit in most headaches?

6 September 2021 | | Rhinology / Sinus | Sino-Nasal Outcome Test, chronic rhinosinusitis, facial pain, headache, migraine, primary headache syndrome

‘Sinus headache’ is a common diagnosis according to patients and primary care physicians, but relatively infrequent in the eyes of otolaryngologists. This study examines 104 patients with a primary headache syndrome (PHS) and 130 patients with CRS, looking at SNOT-22...

Hilotherapy for facial surgery patients?

1 January 2017 | | Hilotherapy, Hilotherm®, cryotherapy, facial pain, facial surgery, oedema, orthognathic surgery, post operative cooling

Hilotherapy involves administering regulated cold compression through a facemask. The principle of this treatment involves cyotherapy as a traditional treatment for reducing inflammation, pain and swelling following trauma. It is believed that using hilotherapy (Hilotherm®), which uses a mask to...

Classification of maxillofacial pain

1 January 2017 | | Classification, Craniofacial pain, Diagnostic evaluation, Diagnostic imaging, Differential diagnosis, Maxillofacial pain, Orofacial pain, Physical examination

The patient that presents with oral and facial pain can prove a diagnostic conundrum. Whilst most often dental causes can explain the origin and help from our maxillofacial colleagues is warranted, it is useful to have a system for approaching...

Argh! Facial pain! What to do??

1 May 2015 | | Craniofacial pain, Deep brain stimulation, Ganglion neuromodulation, Motor cortex stimulation, Neuropathic pain, Peripheral field/nerve stimulation, Spinal cord stimulation, Surgical treatment

We often come across patients with presentation of facial pain, but unless this is sinugenic in origin, our understanding and management of it can often be found wanting. Craniofacial pain is in fact highly complex and encompasses a wide range...