The Long-Term Outcome of Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia
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- 25 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (17) , 1077-1084
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199604253341701
Abstract
Several surgical procedures to treat trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) are available, but most reports provide only short-term follow-up information.Keywords
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