A proposal for standardized analysis of the results of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 773-778

  Kondo, Akinori ^a   Date, Isao ^b   Endo, Shunro ^c   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^d   Fujii, Yukihiko ^e   Fujimaki, Takamitsu ^f   Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro ^g   Hatayama, Touru ^h   Hongo, Kazuhiro ⁱ   Inoue, Touru ^j   Ishikawa, Masatsune ^k   Ito, Masanori ^l   Kayama, Takamasa ^m   Kohmura, Eiji ⁿ   Matsushima, Toshio ^o   Munemoto, Shigeru ^p   Nagahiro, Shigeru ^q   Ohno, Kikuro ^r   Okamura, Tomomi ^s   Ryu, Hiroshi ^t   Shigeno, Taku ^u   Shirane, Reizo ^v   Tagusagawa, Yutaka ^w   Tanabe, Hideki ^x   Yamada, Kazuo ^y   Yamakami, Iwao ^z   more..

^a Shiroyama Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Aomori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o SAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^p ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^q TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^s UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^t Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^u KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^v Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^w MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^x Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^y NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^z Chiba Central Medical Center   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; New scoring system; Surgical results; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84862644387     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1277-5     Document Type: Article

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