Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Combined with Tumors of the Cerebellopontine Angle

Introduction. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) develops because of demyelination in the entry zone of the trigeminal nerve root (TNR) into the brainstem, which is accompanied by ectopic and cross-excitation of the nerve impulses with paroxysms of facial pain. One of the causes of TN are tumors of the cereb...

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Main Authors: Georgy Yu. Grigoryan, Оleg N. Dreval, Natalya N. Maslova, Аndrey R. Sitnikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Center of Neurology 2020-06-01
Series:Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии
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Online Access:https://annaly-nevrologii.com/journal/pathID/article/viewFile/655/518