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Surgical treatment of recurrent trigeminal neuralgia
K Schmieder1, M Scholz, M Hardenack
1Department of Neurosurgery, Ruhr-University-Bochum, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Germany. Kirsten.Schmieder@ruhr-univ-bochum.de
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery : MIN
|May 6, 1999
Abstract:
In this retrospective investigation 7 patients operated on for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia via a suboccipital enlarged burr hole trepanation were evaluated. The intraoperative findings indicate that neo-compressive effects due to foreign material used during prior surgery are more important than adhesions around the nerve. Furthermore, the results of recurrent operations are encouraging as 6 of the 7 patients were painfree without additional neurological deficits.