Balloon compression of the Gasserian ganglion for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Corrêa, Claudiofernandes ^a,d   Teixeira, Manoeljacobsen ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL ALEMÃO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Gasserian ganglion; Percutaneous microcompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0032413717     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029651     Document Type: Article

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