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The Ecker-Perl method of alcoholic trigeminal rhizolysis has proved to be a safe and effective method of treating tic douloureux in a consecutive series of 324 patients over a period of 21 years.
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Ecker, A. Precise selective alcoholic gasserian injection for tic douloureux. Acta neurochir 34, 241–243 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405879
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