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Number of trigger points and results of anaesthetic trigger points injections |
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| Patient |
Number and location of TrPs* |
Abortive injection |
Preemptive injection |
Prophylactic injection: mean decrease in attacks' frequency |
# of injections/time (months) |
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| 1 |
1: (R) T |
N/D |
effective |
------ |
3 |
| 2 |
2: (L) P, T |
effective |
N/D |
------ |
6 |
| 3 |
4: (B) B, EP |
effective |
effective |
------ |
10 |
| 4 |
2: (R) SO, T |
N/D |
N/D |
------ |
3 |
| 5 |
4: (B) SO, T |
N/D |
N/D |
50% |
24/7 |
| 6 |
6: (B), EP, M, T |
N/D |
N/D |
100%** |
12/3 |
| 7 |
9: (L) A, EP, F, P, R, ST, S, T |
effective |
effective |
100% |
32/8 |
| 8 |
5: EP, M, P, SD, T |
N/D |
not effective |
no change |
24/6 |
| 9 |
3: (L) SD, (B)T |
not effective |
effective |
50% |
17/4 |
| 10 |
4: (B) SO, T |
N/D |
N/D |
90%** |
24/3 |
| 11 |
1: (L) EP |
effective |
effective |
100% |
14/1 |
| 12 |
4: (L) EP, F, N, P, T |
effective |
effective |
90% |
14/1 |
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*: A angular, B buccinator, EP external pterygoideus, F frontalis, M masseter, N nasalis, P procerus, R rhomboid, S sternocleidomastoid, SD superior digastric, SO suboccipital group, ST superior trapezius; T temporalis; letters between parenthesis indicate laterality. N/D: not done; **: required a change in the prophylactic drug therapy | |||||
Calandre et al. Head & Face Medicine 2008 4:32 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-4-32 |
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