Intraoperative mapping of the trigeminal nerve root: Technique and application in the surgical management of facial pain

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-82

  Stechison, Michael T ^a,b   Møller, Aage ^a   Lovely, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b South Georgia Neurosurgery PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical facial pain; Evoked response; Rhizotomy; Trigeminal; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MICROSURGERY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOTOMY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NERVE FIBERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHIZOTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030049993     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199601000-00018     Document Type: Article

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