Percutaneous microballoon compression on the gasserian ganglion for secondary trigeminal neuralgia
Wang Guofei
Xu Xuanle
Zhao Huwei
Wang Hongli
Ma Yi
Abstract：Objective To observe the clinical effect of percutaneous microballoon compression (PMC) on the gasserian ganglion for the treatment of secondary trigeminal neuralgia (STN).Methods Clinical data of patients with 57 STN undergoing PMC minimally invasive surgery were analyzed retrospectively,and follow-up analysis of all patients were conducted.Results Instant complete pain remission was achieved in 52 patients,partial remission in 3 and no remission in 2 after surgery,and the total rate was 96.5％.Mild ipsilateral hypesthesia occurred in 52 patients (91.2％),and ipsilateral limitation of mouth opening and masticatory muscle weakness in 52 (91.2％) after the operation,and most of the symptoms disappeared or were tolerated within 1 to 3 months.Angulus oris herpes occurred in 7 patients (12.3％) perioperatively,who recovered around 1 week after operation.No serious surgical complications occurred.All the patients were followed up from 10 to 99 months,and the average pain relief time was 46 months,and 11 patients (19.3％) recurred.Conclusions PMC is an effective and minimally invasive method for STN,and it is appropriate for patients who are unsuitable or unwilling for craniotomy,for patients undergoing a variety of unsatisfactory treatment,and for patients with recurrent STN.
Keywords：trigeminal neuralgiasecondarypercutaneous microballoon compressiontrigeminal ganglion
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 404-406 )