Trigeminal neuralgia: updated management

Autor:	J. Magnan, Bhavin Parikh, Pradeep Vundavalli
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Polymers and Plastics Endoscope Medical treatment business.industry Decompression Cerebellopontine angle Neurovascular bundle medicine.disease Surgery Trigeminal neuralgia medicine Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia Operating microscope business General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Scripta Scientifica Medica. 53:48
ISSN:	1314-6408 0582-3250
DOI:	10.14748/ssm.v0i0.7846
Popis:	The so-called idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia is easily diagnosed by the clinical history of the patient and present a constant cause, a neurovascular conflict in the cerebellopontine angle in the majority of cases, which is clearly identified by MRI assessment. Knowing the cause, after a trial period with a medical treatment, a curative surgical solution can be now offered to the patient when the medications do not provide a pain-free result or when the patients wish a more definitive solution. Combining the use of both operating microscope and endoscope increases the efficiency of the neurovascular decompression and decreases drastically the potential morbidity of the surgical procedure. From 355 patients suffering of trigeminal neuralgia who underwent endoscope-assisted retrosigmoid approach, the authors present their experiences and results.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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