Neurosurgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
Penzholz, H.
Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift 120(22): 761-764
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-3098 PMID: 307139 Document Number: 125877
Sweet's method for thermocoagulation of the Gasserian ganglion is a real advance in the operative treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. The advantages of this method are obvious: minimum operation risk, minimum complication rate, short postoperative convalescence, shorter confinement to hospital and finally the possibility of repeating the operation without risk in the event of a relapse.