A prospective study of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 421-425

  Slettebo H ^a,b   Eide, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Long term follow up; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031007214     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808878     Document Type: Article

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