The long-term outcome of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1077-1083

  Barker II, Fred G ^a   Jannetta, Peter J ^b,d   Bissonette, David J ^b   Larkins, Mark V ^c   Jho, Hae Dong ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Southwest Ohio Neurosurgery   (United States)

^d PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CHILD; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0029922472     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199604253341701     Document Type: Article

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