Trigeminal neuralgia recurrence: a comparison of microvascular decompression and percutaneous balloon compression: a five years follow-up study

ABSTRACT Background: About 50% of patients that suffer from trigeminal neuralgia do not experience sustained benefit from the use of oral medication. For their adequate management, a few surgical procedures are available. Of these, percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) and microvascular decompres...

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Main Authors: Jennyfer Paulla Galdino CHAVES, Tatiana Von Hertwig Fernandes DE OLIVEIRA, Alexandre Novick FRANCISCO, Mariana de Oliveira TRINTINALHA, Niels Vinicius Pádua CARVALHO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2021-02-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v79n1/1678-4227-anp-79-01-51.pdf
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