Local anaesthetic block therapy of posttraumatic neuralgia of the infraorbital nerve.

The pathogenesis, as well as the results of treatment in 12 patients with neuralgia of the infraorbital nerve are discussed. Patients were treated by means of local anaesthetic nerve blocks, or when this was unsuccessful, by transcutaneous nerve stimulation and or tricyclic antidepressive drugs. In this way, the results were good in previously untreated patients, while they were moderate in patients in whom an attempt to treat with surgery had been carried out earlier. We recommend the use of local anaesthetic nerve blocks as treatment of the first choice.