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The author describes a method for percutaneous implant of a chronic electrode into the Gasserian ganglion. Such electrode, after a percutaneous test period, can be coupled to a subcutaneous receiver for chronic stimulation. The implanting procedure does not require any incision in the face.
No technical problems have been encountered in the first five patients treated with this method for trigeminal pain.
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Meyerson, B. A., Håkansson, S., Alleviation of Atypical Trigeminal Pain by Stimulation of the Gasserian Ganglion with an Implant Electrode. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) Suppl. 30 (1980), 303—309.
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Meglio, M. (1984). Percutaneously Implantable Chronic Electrode for Radiofrequency Stimulation of the Gasserian Ganglion. A Perspective in the Management of Trigeminal Pain. In: Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E.R., Ostertag, C., Rossi, G.F., Siegfried, J., Szikla, G. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 6. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 33. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8726-5_83
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