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Papers: 12 Nov 2022 - 18 Nov 2022


Human Studies


2022 Nov


Pain Physician


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Meckel’s Cave Size Measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Prognosis of Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Authors

Fan X, Lu Z, Ren H, Xu F, Fu L, Bu C, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Bu H, Yuan J
Pain Physician. 2022 Nov; 25(8):E1279-E1287.
PMID: 36375201.

Abstract

Percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) is a safe and effective method to treat trigeminal neuralgia. Despite it is known that intraoperative balloon volume is crucial in the prognosis of PBC patients and correlates with Meckel's cave (MC) size, it is a lack of objective and valid criteria for intraoperative balloon volume of PBC.