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. 2017 May;11(5):UL01-UL02.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/27724.9932. Epub 2017 May 1.

Recognition of the Lateral Pterygoid Muscle and Plate during Ultrasound-Guided Trigeminal Nerve Block

Ke-Vin Chang  1 , Chia-Shiang Lin  2 , Chih-Peng Lin  3 , Wei-Ting Wu  1 , Levent Özçakar  4
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Recognition of the Lateral Pterygoid Muscle and Plate during Ultrasound-Guided Trigeminal Nerve Block

Ke-Vin Chang et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Lateral pterygoid plate; Pterygopalatine fossa; Trigeminal neuralgia.

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[Table/Fig-1]:
Ultrasound image of the lateral pterygoid muscle during mouth closing (a) and opening the circle shows the pterygopalatine fossa; the vessel enhanced in colour Doppler imaging is the sphenoid palatine artery and the dashed line illustrates the needle trajectory (b). Visualization of the lateral pterygoid muscle and pterygopalatine fossa by using computed tomography (c). Transducer and needle positioning during ultrasound-guided deep trigeminal nerve block. (d). SM, superficial masseter muscle; DM, deep masseter muscle; TM, temporalis muscle MA, maxillary artery; SA, sphenoid palatine artery; CORP, coronoid process CODP, condylar process; LPM, lateral pterygoid muscle; LPP, lateral pterygoid plate.
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