Effect of microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia patients with or without constant pain

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Eide, Per Kristian ^a   Sandell, Tiril ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia; Constant pain; Microvascular decompression; Pain relief; Trigeminal neuropathic pain; Typical trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWELLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 58749085397     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335075.16858.EF     Document Type: Article

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