Microvascular decompression for primary trigeminal neuralgia: Long-term effectiveness and prognostic factors in a series of 362 consecutive patients with clear-cut neurovascular conflicts who underwent pure decompression

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1144-1153

  Sindou, Marc ^a,b   Leston, José ^a   Decullier, Evelyne ^a   Chapuis, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Kaplan Meier analysis; Microvascular decompression; Neurovascular compression; Outcome; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 37149045378     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/12/1144     Document Type: Article

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