Relief of trigeminal neuralgia after percutaneous retrogasserian glycerol rhizolysis is dependent on normalization of abnormal temporal summation of pain, without general impairment of sensory perception

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 462-472

  Eide, Per Kristian ^a   Stubhaug, Audun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Percutaneous retrogasserian glycerol rhizolysis; Sensory loss; Temporal summation of pain; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TOUCH; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031664469     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199809000-00036     Document Type: Article

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