Management of bilateral trigeminal neuralgia with trigeminal radiofrequency rhizotomy: A treatment strategy for the life-long disease

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 785-791

  Bozkurt, Melih ^a   Al Beyati, Eyyub S M ^a   Ozdemir, Mevci ^b   Kahilogullari, Gokmen ^a   Elhan, Atilla Halil ^a   Savas, Ali ^a   Kanpolat, Yucel ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia; Pain; Percutaneous procedures; Radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATROPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA DOLORSA; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; JAW OPENING REFLEX; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY TRIGEMINAL RHIZOTOMY; RADIOSURGERY; RHIZOTOMY; SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RHIZOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84862654406     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1311-7     Document Type: Article

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