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RHIZOTOMIE RETROGASSERIENNE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neurosurgery
DEF

The destruction of part of the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve above the trigeminal ganglion, or of the ganglion itself, for the relief of trigeminal neuralgia.

Key term(s)
  • retro-gasserian rhizotomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Neurochirurgie
CONT

opération de Frazier; opération de Spiller-Frazier: il s'agit d'une neurotomie, radicotomie ou rhizotomie rétrogassérienne qui consiste à sectionner la racine sensitive (transmettant les messages de la sensation) du nerf trijumeau entre le ganglion de Gasser et la protubérance.

Key term(s)
  • radicotomie rétro-gassérienne
  • rhizotomie rétro-gassérienne

Spanish

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