TREATMENT OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA BY PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY RHIZOTOMY

Authors
TAHA JM TEW JM
Citation
Jm. Taha et Jm. Tew, TREATMENT OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA BY PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY RHIZOTOMY, Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 8(1), 1997, pp. 31
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Neurosurgery clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
10423680
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-3680(1997)8:1<31:TOTNBP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy (PSR) is recognized as a simple, effective, and safe surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. Rate s of pain recurrence after PSR are the lowest versus those of other pe rcutaneous procedures, and similar to those of microvascular decompres sion.