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Chronic tension-type facial pain-a pilot study on HTTLPR genetic polymorphisms" Rhinology Online 2019 Vol 2: pp 125-133
ABSTRACT This study looked at the association between serotonin transporter gene variants and with chronic persistent tension-type facial pain. Known as triallelic 5-HTTLPR, the serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region and its rs25531 polymorphism have been linked to alterations in pain perception.
February 11, 2020
Is 'Sinus' pain really sinusitis? Agius AM, Jones NS, Muscat R. Br J Hosp Med 2014; 75 (10): 696-701
So-called ‘sinus pain’ is a common complaint in GP and ENT clinics, and patients often receive treatment with antibiotics and decongestants.
May 19, 2019
Serial blood serotonin levels in a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of low-dose amitriptyline, amitriptyline with pindolol and surrogate placebo in patients with chronic tension-type facial pain
Patients often present with chronic facial pain despite normal nasal endoscopy and sinus computerized tomography. ...
May 15, 2019
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A Randomized Controlled Trial comparing the efficacy of low-dose amitriptyline, amitriptyline with pindolol and surrogate placebo in the treatment of chronic tension-type facial pain
Patients often present to otolaryngologists with chronic facial pain, presumed to be of sinus origin despite normal nasal endoscopy and sinus CT. This pain has increasingly been recognized as being of neurological origin with one of the commonest underlying causes being mid-facial segmental tension-type pain (MFP) which is a version…
May 15, 2019
A prospective three year follow-up of a cohort of 240 patients with chronic facial pain
Patients often present to otolaryngologists with facial pain which has been ascribed to sinusitis in spite of normal nasal endoscopy and sinus CT. This pain has increasingly been recognized as being of neurological origin.
May 15, 2019
Interview with Mr Adrian M. Agius
Not all chronic facial pain is chronic sinusitis. In this interview, Mr Adrian Agius, ENT surgeon discusses the differential diagnosis and management of chronic facial pain, highlighting the fact that a significant proportion of chronic facial pain has a neurological cause and can be managed with appropriate treatment.
May 10, 2019
Cosmetic Surgery
ENT surgeons (or Otolaryngologists) have long been involved in facial cosmetic surgery. The nose is a central feature of the face and its modification is known as rhinoplasty.
May 09, 2019
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