Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with glycerol injection at the gasserian ganglion;Traitement de la névralgie trigéminale par injection de glycérol au niveau du ganglion de Gasser

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-212

  Sindou, M ^a   Tatli, M ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gasserian ganglion; Glycerol injection; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; KERATITIS; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

FORAMEN OVALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; INJECTIONS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 64249130543     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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