[Nucleotomy of the spinal trigeminal nucleus. Apropos of 2 post-traumatic neuralgia with surgical treatment].
This report describes two patients with medically intractable post-traumatique trigeminal neuralgia, who underwent bipolar coagulation of the pars caudalis of the trigeminal spinal nucleus. Follow-up examination--36 months and 7 months, respectively, after the procedure-showed that the patients were free of pain.
Abdennebi
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B
Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Salim Zmirli, El Harrach, Alger.
Bouatta
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F
Bougatène
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B
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014279:Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*
Nucléotomie du noyau spinal du trijumeau. A propos de deux névralgies trigéminales post-traumatiques opérées.