Does the presence of a pontine trigeminal lesion represent an absolute contraindication for microvascular decompression in drug resistant trigeminal neuralgia?

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2002 Jan;72(1):122-3. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.72.1.122-a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Contraindications
  • Decompression, Surgical*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Microsurgery*
  • Pons / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trigeminal Nerve / blood supply
  • Trigeminal Nerve / pathology*
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia / etiology
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia / surgery*
  • Veins / surgery