Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: A long-term follow-up study

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 342-346

  Pamir, M N ^a   Peker, Selcuk ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal nerve; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONS ANGLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33947154006     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960487     Document Type: Article

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