Comparison of surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia: Reevaluation of radiofrequency rhizotomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 865-871

  Taha, Jamal M ^a   Tew Jr , John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Balloon compression; Glycerol rhizotomy; Microvascular decompression; Radiofrequency rhizotomy; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSESTHESIA; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHIZOTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0029918566     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199605000-00001     Document Type: Article

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