Ultrasonic lesion of the trigeminal nucleus caudalis for deafferentation facial pain.
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.
Grigoryan YuA
Department of Neurosurgery, Central Institute of Post-Graduate Training of Physicians, Botkin Hospital, Moscow, Russia.
Slavin
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Ogleznev KYa
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*