tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Perioperative and long-term operative outcomes after surgery for trigeminal neuralgia: microvascular decompression vs percutaneous balloon ablation"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Perioperative and long-term operative outcomes after surgery for trigeminal neuralgia: microvascular decompression vs percutaneous balloon ablation | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Case Study Perioperative and long-term operative outcomes after surgery for trigeminal neuralgia microvascular decompression vs percutaneous balloon ablation W Scott Jellish 1 William Benedict2 Kevin Owen1 Douglas Anderson2 Elaine Fluder1 and John F Shea2 Address Department of Anesthesiology Loyola University Medical Center Maywood IL USA and 2Department of Neurosurgery Loyola University Medical Center Maywood IL USA Email W Scott Jellish - wjellis@ William Benedict - wbenedi@ Kevin Owen - kkowen3@ Douglas Anderson - dander1@ Elaine Fluder - efluder@ John F Shea - jshea3@ Corresponding author Published 2 July 2008 Received 27 February 2008 Head Face Medicine 2008 4 11 doi 1746-160X-4-11 Accepted 2 July 2008 This article is available from http content 4 1 11 2008 Jellish et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Objectives Numerous medical and surgical therapies have been utilized to treat the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia TN . This retrospective study compares patients undergoing either microvascular decompression or balloon ablation of the trigeminal ganglion and determines which produces the best long-term outcomes. Methods A 10-year retrospective chart review was performed on patients who underwent microvascular decompression MVD or percutaneous balloon ablation BA surgery for TN. Demographic data intraoperative variables length of hospitalization and symptom improvement were assessed along with complications and recurrences of symptoms after surgery. Appropriate statistical comparisons were utilized to assess differences between the two surgical techniques. Results MVD .