Brain stem injury after radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-636

  Berk, Caglar ^a,c   Honey, C R ^a   Kemeny, Andras ^b   Kanpolat, Yucel ^b   Ugur, Hasan Caglar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LA State Univ Hlth Sci Ctr ^*

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY TRIGEMINAL RHIZOTOMY; RHIZOTOMY; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 2942700095     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0252-1     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Kanpolat Y, Savas A, Bekar A, Berk C (2001) Percutaneous controlled radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy for the treatment of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: 25-year experience with 1600 patients. Neurosurgery 48: 524-534
2. Sweet WH (1993) Faciocephalic pain. In: Apuzzo MLJ (ed) Brain surgery: complication avoidance and management. Churchill-Livingstone, New York, pp 2053-2083