Neurovascular compression associated with trigeminal neuralgia and systemic arterial hypertension: Surgical treatment

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 284-290

  Sendeski, Mauricio ^a   Aguiar, Paulo Henrique ^a   Zanetti, Marcus Vinicius ^a,b   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a   Cescato, Valter Ângelo ^a  

^a Clin Neurocirurgica Pinheiros   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Neurovascular compression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PRESSORECEPTORS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0042172902     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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