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Microvascular Decompression: Salient Surgical Principles and Technical Nuances
Published on: July 5, 2011
Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia by percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio, USA.
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy (PSR) is recognized as a simple, effective, and safe surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. Rates of pain recurrence after PSR are the lowest versus those of other percutaneous procedures, and similar to those of microvascular decompression.
