The trigeminal tract and nucleus procedures in treatment of atypical facial pain

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages S96-S100

  Kanpolat, Yücel ^a   Savas, Ali ^a   Ugur, Hasan Caglar ^a   Bozkurt, Melih ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atypical facial pain; DREZ; Pain syndromes; Tractotomy; Trigeminal nucleus tractus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRIGEMINAL TRACTOTOMY NUCLEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE SURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 85048379261     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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