Mj. Fardy et Dw. Patton, COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIPHERAL ALCOHOL INJECTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA, British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 32(6), 1994, pp. 387-391
A retrospective study was carried out on 82 patients whose symptoms of
trigeminal neuralgia were controlled by repeated peripheral alcohol n
erve blocks in order to assess the associated complications. Periphera
l alcohol nerve blocks were invariably associated with swelling and di
scomfort lasting several days. Significant complications occurred in 3
out of 413 nerve blocks administered over a 20-year period.