Gigli GL

anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies (anti-CGRP mAbs) represent a highly effective prophylactic treatment for chronic migraineurs, but for some subjects they are ineffective. We aimed to determine if OnabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT/A) treatment may be …

Auriculotemporal neuralgia is a rare facial pain disorder with no therapeutic evidence for refractory cases. We described a male patient with right auriculotemporal neuralgia, refractory to anesthetic nerve blocks and botulinum toxin type A…

Trigeminal neuralgia is a neuropathic pain syndrome responsive to botulinum toxin type A therapy. This review had the goal of analyzing the different studies published from 2002 to January 2024 to better define the techniques and the types …

Auriculotemporal neuralgia is a rare pain disorder in which anesthetic nerve blockade is usually effective but not always resolutive. Botulinum toxin type A has proven to be effective in treating neuropathic pain, and patients with auriculo…

Botulinum toxin type A is an effective preventive therapy for chronic migraine. Although the guidelines suggest a 50U/ml dilution of OnabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT/A), many clinicians use more concentrated solutions. However, there are no studies…

Nummular headache is an unusual facial pain disorder with no evidence-based therapy recommendations. The ketogenic diet is an alternative therapy that demonstrated to be effective in migraineurs, but it was never used in the setting of numm…

Genitofemoral neuralgia is an uncommon pain disorder that could be resistant to conventional treatment. A 78-year-old woman with refractory right genitofemoral neuralgia was treated with BoNT/A subcutaneous injections; the treatment was per…

great auricular neuralgia is a rare disorder with only 18 cases described in the literature. Since it's a rare disorder, there are no evidence-based therapeutic recommendations but only case reports to guide physicians. We report a case of …

[BACKGROUND] Botulinum toxin type A is an effective treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. Moreover, its efficacy in type 2 trigeminal neuralgia and comparative studies between type 1 and type 2 trigeminal neuralgia (TN) still need to be impro…

Two patients diagnosed with Nocturnal Groaning were treated with intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) in the thyroarytenoid muscle with significant reduction of groaning episodes. Treatment with BoNT/A may be an effect…

We treated a 51-year-old woman with refractory Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I (CRPS-I) involving her left hand and forearm with subcutaneous injections of BoNT/A. The injections were performed every 3 months, with a total of six trea…