Variant intraneural vein-trigeminal nerve relationships: An observation during microvascular decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 958-961

  Helbig, Gregory M ^a   Callahan, James D ^a   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Intraneural vein; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal nerve; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOTOMY; SAFETY; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 70350316372     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000351757.29658.C0     Document Type: Article

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