Surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia patients with recurrent or persistent pain despite three or more prior operations

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-528

  Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Stein, Kathy J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; RHIZOTOMY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; COMPLICATION; FACE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HYPESTHESIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

AGED; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 77957116019     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.01.027     Document Type: Review

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