title: [Neurosurgical treatment of essential facial neuralgia].
abstract: The authors describe the neurosurgical techniques currently available for the treatment of essential trigeminal neuralgia refractory to the usual medical treatments. They compare the advantages and disadvantages of percutaneous techniques (particularly thermocoagulation of the trigeminal ganglion) and open techniques (especially microsurgical treatment of neurovascular conflict in the cerebellopontine angle.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Creteil.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Keravel
mesh_terms: D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Traitement neurochirurgical de la névralgie faciale essentielle.