Surgical management of medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Pollock, Bruce E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon microcompression; Glycerol rhizotomy; Microvascular decompression; Multiple sclerosis; Radiofrequency rhizotomy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Surgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALLOON MICROCOMPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FACE DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS RETROGASSERIAN GLYCEROL RHIZOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RHIZOTOMY; RHIZOTOMY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; RHIZOTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84861227607     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0242-7     Document Type: Article

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