Patient reports of satisfaction after microvascular decompression and partial sensory rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1304-1311

  Zakrzewska, Joanna M ^a   Lopez, Benjamin C ^b   Kim, Sung Eun ^c   Coakham, Hugh B ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Partial sensory rhizotomy; Patient satisfaction; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; EATING DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PARTIAL SENSORY RHIZOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHIZOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHIZOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 20044382628     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000159883.35957.E0     Document Type: Article

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