[Parameters of high-frequency thermocoagulation of the Gasserian ganglion in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in order to obtain analgesia without anesthesia].
Voltage and current within Gasserian ganglion have been measured during a therapeutical high frequency coagulation of the Gasserian ganglion in 25 consecutive cases. From these values, the impedance (Ohm), the work (Watt) and the total energy (Joule) necessary to obtain an analgesia without anesthesia have been calculated. The study has shown that the temperature and the time of coagulation in correlation with the length of the non isolated tip of the electrode are actually the only constancy in the control of the therapeutical lesions.
D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000601:surgery*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*
Etude des paramètres de thermocoagulation a haute fréquence du ganglion de Gasser dans le traitement de la névralgie du trijumeau pour l'obtention d'une analgésie sans anesthésie.