Clinical Study
Minimizing Technical Failure of Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Trigeminal Neuralgia Using Neuronavigation
Table 1
Surgical technique in steps.
| Preoperatively | | (1) Head CT scan (bone windows) is performed | | (2) Acquired CT images are imported into the navigation system | |
| Inside the operating room | | (3) The Head Tracker Frame is strapped firmly to the patient’s forehead | | (4) The CT images are registered with the Passive Planar Blunt Probe | | (6) Cannulation is performed under the guidance of the navigation system | | (7) Cannulation is confirmed by C-arm fluoroscopy | | (8) The Fogarty catheter is slowly inflated at the entrance of Meckel’s cave and kept in place for 3 minutes | | (9) Balloon is deflated and withdrawn together with the cannula | |
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