Some patients with multiple sclerosis have neurovascular compression causing their trigeminal neuralgia and can be treated effectively with MVD: Report of five cases

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 463-468

  Athanasiou, T C ^a   Patel, N K ^a   Renowden, S A ^a   Coakham, H B ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Multiple sclerosis; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33645540517     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500495067     Document Type: Article

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