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  • Title: [Electrophysiological mapping of the trigeminal nerve root during microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia].
    Author: Hatayama T, Manabe H, Hasegawa S, Baba S, Sekiya T, Suzuki S.
    Journal: No Shinkei Geka; 2000 Feb; 28(2):127-34. PubMed ID: 10666732.
    Abstract:
    A method for intraoperative electrophysiological mapping of the intracranial root of the trigeminal nerve was studied in five patients with trigeminal neuralgia. During surgery, the trigeminal nerve root was stimulated centrally with a bipolar electrode, and antidromic responses were recorded peripherally from three branches of the trigeminal nerve in the face. In all patients, the fibers of the individual subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve root were successfully localized based on the peripheral sites of antidromic response. This neural mapping was used during microvascular decompression in four patients and during a rhizotomy procedure in one patient. As a result of mapping, the fibers of the trigeminal division subserving the pain were clearly confirmed to be compressed by the artery in all four patients who were undergoing microvascular decompression. Likewise, the antidromic responses precisely identified the first division of the trigeminal nerve, which should be preserved to avoid postoperative corneal ulcers in patients undergoing rhizotomy. Based on these findings, it was concluded that this technique enables surgeons to precisely identify which fibers of the trigeminal nerve root should be decompressed or divided during surgery for trigeminal neuralgia.
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