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Microvascular sling decompression for trigeminal neuralgia secondary to ectatic vertebrobasilar compression. Case
J L Stone1, T Lichtor, R M Crowell
1Division of Neurosurgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
A patient with trigeminal neuralgia caused by a tortuous and ectatic vertebrobasilar artery is presented. He was treated with microvascular decompression using a fine silicone sling sutured to the dura over the petrous pyramid. The technical details are described.