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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Macrovascular Decompression with the Transposition Method Using Teflon Sling for Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by the Vertebrobasilar Artery.

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2022 Sep 13


World Neurosurg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36113714?dopt=Abstract

Macrovascular Decompression with the Transposition Method Using Teflon Sling for Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by the Vertebrobasilar Artery.

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Macrovascular Decompression with the Transposition Method Using Teflon Sling for Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by the Vertebrobasilar Artery.
Amagasaki K, Takusagawa Y, Tatebayashi K, Nakaguchi H
World Neurosurg. 2022 Sep 13.
PMID: 36113714.

Abstract

Complete separation of the vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) from the trigeminal nerve by microvascular decompression is technically challenging. This paper evaluates the transposition method using Teflon sling for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) caused by the VBA.
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