Percutaneous Controlled Radiofrequency Trigeminal Rhizotomy for the Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia: 25-year Experience with 1600 Patients

Kanpolat, Yücel; Savaş, Ali; Bekâr, Ahmet; Berk, Çağlar

doi:10.1097/00006123-200103000-00013

Public

Percutaneous Controlled Radiofrequency Trigeminal Rhizotomy for the Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia: 25-year Experience with 1600 Patients

Published in Neurosurgery • Mar 1, 2001

Authors:

Yücel Kanpolat

Ali Savaş

Ahmet Bekâr

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of percutaneous, controlled radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy (RF-TR). The outcome of 1,600 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia after RF-TR was analyzed after a follow-up period of 1 to 25 years. METHODS: A total of...

Subject

Medicine

Rhizotomy

Trigeminal neuralgia

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!