Rhizotomy

01/01/2010 - "In this study the authors demonstrate that percutaneous rhizotomy is recommended for most patients with recurrent pain after MVD, and MVD can be effective in patients with a history of failed percutaneous procedures. "
03/01/2013 - "The surgical procedures with the highest rates of pain relief for GPN are rhizotomy and microvascular decompression (MVD) of cranial nerves IX and X. Neurovascular conflict at the level of the root exit zone of these cranial nerves is believed to be the cause of this pain syndrome in most cases. "
09/01/1989 - "Reoperation for recurrent or persistent pain provided excellent or good results in 85% of reoperated patients, but partial sensory rhizotomy was required in most of these patients. "
09/01/1997 - "The patients' pain was cured by complete decompression or partial sensory rhizotomy of the trigeminal sensory root at reoperation. "
10/01/1995 - "High-frequency transcutaneous trigeminal rhizotomy eliminated pain in 2 of 6 patients. "

05/01/1994 - "Many neurosurgeons have made a practice of sectioning the S2 dorsal roots during selective posterior rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy, but the efficacy of this treatment has not previously been proven. "
10/01/2014 - "Selective dorsal rhizotomy significantly improved urgency, frequency, incontinence, and urodynamic bladder capacity at first incontinence in a significant proportion of spastic cerebral palsy children."
10/01/2010 - "Selective dorsal rhizotomy, which has been well studied in children with spastic diplegia, results in significant reduction in spasticity and improved function in children. "
06/01/1998 - "Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has been shown to be an effective treatment for the spasticity of cerebral palsy, but few studies have addressed specifically the side effects of the procedure. "
10/01/2010 - "Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is an effective treatment for reducing spasticity and improving gait in children with spastic cerebral palsy. "

09/01/2005 - "The trigeminal neuralgia was treated successfully with radiofrequency thermocoagulation rhizotomy (RF-TR). "
01/01/2006 - "Frame-based radiosurgical rhizotomy has been shown in clinical studies to be effective for managing trigeminal neuralgia (TN). "
01/01/1985 - "Among the 26 recurrent trigeminal neuralgia following retrogasserian rhizotomy, RFTC was effective in 23 cases (88.5%), and in 3 cases (11.5%) RFTC was effective for a short period. "
03/01/1983 - "Improved outcome in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia by percutaneous stereotactic rhizotomy with a new, curved tip electrode."
06/01/2003 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy in treating 135 patients harboring trigeminal neuralgia, and to introduce a technical modification to guide the puncture of the foramen ovale. "

01/01/1987 - "The patients whose function improved most dramatically following rhizotomy were purely spastic and intelligent, were significantly more affected by spasticity in the lower than the upper limbs, had some degree of forward locomotion, and could side-sit independently. "
11/01/2014 - "A beneficial outcome measured by these indicators has been found in our spastic diplegic children one year after rhizotomy."
12/01/1993 - "Preliminary results with follow-up from 1 to 30 months indicates that selective posterior rhizotomy is a safe procedure which contributes to significant functional improvement in spastic patients."
09/01/2004 - "The effect of selective sacral rhizotomy in treating spastic cord injury is significant and worthy of further studies."
08/01/2013 - "Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a well-recognized treatment for spastic CP, but little is known about long-term outcomes of this treatment. "

11/01/1994 - "Neuromuscular activity was eliminated in the tibialis anterior muscle of adult cats for 6 months by spinal isolation (SI), i.e., complete spinal cord transections at T-12-13 and at L-7-S-1, plus bilateral dorsal rhizotomy between the two transection sites. "
07/01/1998 - "Sacral ventral root stimulation in conjunction with sacral dorsal rhizotomy has been effective in promoting voiding in individuals with upper-motor-neuron spinal cord injury. "
01/01/1991 - "Results suggest that (1) stimulation of the dorsal columns or ventral funiculus of the LE is effective in inducing airstepping in the neonatal rat brain stem-spinal cord limb-attached preparation; (2) central disconnection by midthoracic spinal cord transection does not alter LE-stimulation-induced airstepping and may lead to an increase in stepping frequency if suprathreshold stimulation is used; and (3) dorsal root section also leads to an increase in the frequency of suprathreshold LE-stimulation-induced locomotion, but there is not further increase in frequency if a spinal cord transection is performed in addition to dorsal rhizotomy."
04/01/1994 - "Intradural rhizotomies of all posterior sacral root components from S2 to S5 in combination with implantation of an anterior sacral root stimulator is a safe and effective procedure in spinal cord injury patients."
05/01/2009 - "To report an experimental study and preliminary clinical results of staggered anterior and posterior sacral rhizotomy for restoring function of the bladder and preventing reflex incontinence in supra-conal spinal cord injury (SCI). "