Treatment of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: Comparison of long-term outcome after radiofrequency rhizotomy and microvascular decompression

Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1261-1268

  Tronnier, Volker M ^a   Rasche, Dirk ^a   Hamer, Jürgen ^a   Kienle, Anna Lena ^a   Kunze, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Quantitative sensory measurement; Thermocoagulation; Trigeminal neuralgia; Trigeminal rhizotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0034998931     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200106000-00014     Document Type: Article

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