INTRAOPERATIVE MAPPING OF THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE ROOT - TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATION IN THE SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT OF FACIAL-PAIN

Authors
STECHISON MT MOLLER A LOVELY TJ
Citation
Mt. Stechison et al., INTRAOPERATIVE MAPPING OF THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE ROOT - TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATION IN THE SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT OF FACIAL-PAIN, Neurosurgery, 38(1), 1996, pp. 76-81
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
76 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1996)38:1<76:IMOTTN>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A METHOD FOR intraoperative topographic mapping of the trigeminal nerv e root using electrophysiological methods is described. A series of 15 patients under general anesthesia during microvascular decompression and selective posterior fossa trigeminal rhizotomy was studied. This m ethod was used to study the localization of fibers of individual subdi visions of the intradural portion of the trigeminal nerve and as a gui de for performing physiologically controlled, selective, microsurgical trigeminal rhizotomy.