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

Neurosurgery

Yücel Kanpolat, Ali Savas, Ahmet Bekar, Caglar Berk

Citations:

563

References:

85

Abstract
Abstract OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of percutaneous, controlled radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy (RF-TR). The outcome of 1600 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia after RF-TR was analyzed after a follow-up period of 1 to 25 years. METHODS A total of 1600 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia underwent 2138 percutaneous radiofrequency...
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Keywords
Medicine
Rhizotomy
Trigeminal neuralgia
Percutaneous
Surgery
Anesthesia
Pain relief
Spinal cord
Psychiatry
2001
Article
Institution

Department of Neurosurgery (YK, AS, CB), Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 

Department of Neurosurgery Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

2-Y Citation Average

1.352

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200103000-00013

Language

en

Country

Turkey

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

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

Neurosurgery

Yücel Kanpolat, Ali Savas, Ahmet Bekar, Caglar Berk

Citations:

563

References:

85

Abstract
Abstract OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of percutaneous, controlled radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy (RF-TR). The outcome of 1600 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia after RF-TR was analyzed after a follow-up period of 1 to 25 years. METHODS A total of 1600 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia underwent 2138 percutaneous radiofrequency...
See More
Keywords
Medicine
Rhizotomy
Trigeminal neuralgia
Percutaneous
Surgery
Anesthesia
Pain relief
Spinal cord
Psychiatry
2001
Article
Institution

Department of Neurosurgery (YK, AS, CB), Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 

Department of Neurosurgery Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

2-Y Citation Average

1.352

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-200103000-00013

Language

en

Country

Turkey