Percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion for elderly patients with trigeminal neuralgia and patients with atypical trigeminal neuralgia

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 347-351

  Mizuno, Masaaki ^a   Saito, Kiyoshi ^a   Takayasu, Masakazu ^a   Yoshida, Jim ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia; Elderly; Microcompression; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; NEURINOMA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0033852812     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.347     Document Type: Article

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