Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia in the elderly: Long-term treatment outcome and comparison with younger patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Günther, Thomas ^a   Gerganov, Venelin M ^b   Stieglitz, Lennart ^b   Ludemann, Wolf ^b   Samii, Amir ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a Gemeinschaftspraxis für Neurochirurgie   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Long term follow up; Microvascular decompression; Surgical morbidity; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DECOMPRESSION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOACUSIS; LIQUORRHEA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 69549104771     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000350859.27751.90     Document Type: Article

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