Endoscopic assisted microneurosurgery for gasserian portion of trigeminal neuroma: two cases.
We report two cases of trigeminal neuroma that were operated on by the neurosurgery team at Felício Rocho Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Endoscopic assisted microsurgery was the technique used to approach the gasserian region tumor with good results.
Faleiro
Luiz Carlos Mendes
LC
Medical School, Minas Gerais Federal University, and Felício Rocho Hospital, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Faleiro
Rodrigo Moreira
RM
Barroso
Luiz Fernando Vilar
LF
Gripp
Daniel Andrade
DA
D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009463:Neuroma / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*