[The retrosigmoid approach surgery of trigeminal never].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the effect of retrosigmoid approach surgery of trigeminal never to treat trigeminal neuralgia.


METHODS
Twenty-six patients underwent the selective trigeminal neurectomy, among them 2 cases of surgical removal of the cerebellopontine angle cholesteatoma and 2 cases of trigeminal never branch No. I splitting; four patients underwent microvascular decompression.


RESULTS
By 1-7 years of following up, only one case of microvascular decompression recurrence in all successful operations.


CONCLUSIONS
The effect of retrosigmoid approach surgery of trigeminal never is satisfactory. To know the management of the complications is very important too.
Wang
X W
XW
Department of Otolaryngology, Xinxiang First People's Hospital, Xinxiang 453000.
Fu
X J
XJ
Dong
S Y
SY
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*