Diplopia after balloon compression of retrogasserian ganglion rootlets for trigeminal neuralgia: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bergenheim, A Tommy ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balloon compression; Diplopia; Eye motor nerve dysfunction; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE COMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 41749115305     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316025.58915.10     Document Type: Article

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