Head and neck cancer presentations in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction It is not uncommon to note patients with painful orofacial lesions presenting via the emergency department to the on-call team. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw a surge in these attendances, prompting a review of our emergency database.Methods The maxillofacial emergency database was retrospectively reviewed in the period between March 2020 and October 2021 (19 months).

Intravenous cannula used for continuous intraoral mandibular nerve block in trigeminal neuralgia.

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition affecting one or more distributions of the trigeminal nerve. Patients with this condition experience short, sharp, shooting pain attacks, which can progress to longer, more frequent durations. The pain is often difficult to control.