title: Ultrasonic lesion of the trigeminal nucleus caudalis for deafferentation facial pain.
abstract: The deafferentation facial pain syndrome, caused by physical, herpetic or tumourous lesions of the trigeminal sensory root, was successfully managed with ultrasonic trigeminal nucleotomy. The article presents this new surgical technique and its results in 14 patients suffering from severe facial pain and dysaesthesias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Central Institute of Post-Graduate Training of Physicians, Botkin Hospital, Moscow, Russia.
authors.lastname: Grigoryan YuA
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Slavin
authors.lastname: Ogleznev KYa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005156:Facial Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014275:Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus / Q000601:surgery*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*