Microvascular decompression as a surgical management for trigeminal neuralgia: Long-term follow-up and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Kabatas, Serdar ^a,b   Karasu, Aykut ^a   Civelek, Erdinc ^a,c   Sabanci, Akin P ^a   Hepgul, Kemal T ^a   Teng, Yang D ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Serife Baci Devlet Hastanesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early reoperation; Long term follow up; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 56049107267     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-008-0171-3     Document Type: Article

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