[Sixteen-year experience in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia by percutaneous retrogasserian thermorhizotomy].
The authors present a series of 143 consecutive patients with trigeminal neuralgia who were treated with percutaneous retrogasserian thermorhizotomy between 1984 and 2000. Long time results (follow-up of 16 years) revealed full pain relief in 80% of patients, mainly in those with postoperative sensory deficit, 16% suffered pain recurrence and required additional treatment.
Wróbel-Wiśniewska
Grazyna
G
Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii AM w Łodzi.
Kasprzak
Piotr
P
Zawirski
Marek
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D019051:Rhizotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*