Anatomical findings observed during microsurgical approaches of the cerebellopontine angle for vascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia (350 cases)

• Published in: Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery Vol. 63; no. 1-4; p. 203
• Main Authors: Sindou, M P, Chiha, M, Mertens, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.1994
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cerebellopontine Angle; Cerebellum - blood supply; Cerebellum - pathology; Female; Humans; Male; Microsurgery - methods; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Trigeminal Neuralgia - pathology; Trigeminal Neuralgia - surgery; Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods

The authors report the anatomical pathological findings collected from 1979 to 1992 in a series of 350 consecutive patients referred because of apparently idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and operated on using a microsurgical keyhole approach of the cerebellopontine angle. In 20 cases (5.7%) the...