...J.R. Schvarcz Trigeminal nucleotomy is a relatively simple, straightforward stereotactic procedure, acting at the deafferentation site, i.e., at the nucleus caudalis. Patients were operated on in a seated position, by a posterior suboccipital approach. Out of a series of 196 patients, 143 underwent...

...Roberto Spiegelmann; William A. Friedman; William E. Ballinger; Helder Tedeschi Nucleus caudalis dorsal root entry zone lesions (open trigeminal nucleotomy) are a surgical procedure which can achieve pain control without major complications in the difficult clinical setting of deafferentation-type...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Anesthesia dolorosa Postherpetic pain Subnucleus caudalis Trigeminal nucleotomy Proc. 9th Meeting World Soc. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Toronto 1985 Appl. Neurophysiol. 48: 277-280...