Predictors of outcome in surgically managed patients with typical and atypical trigeminal neuralgia: Comparison of results following microvascular decompression

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 527-531

  Tyler Kabara, Elizabeth C ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a   Horowitz, Michael H ^a   Urgo, Louise ^a   Hadjipanayis, Constantinos ^a   Levy, Elad I ^a   Chang, Yue Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Outcome; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVALUATION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0036125844     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.3.0527     Document Type: Article

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