A novel surgical strategy for trigeminal neuralgia associated with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: nerve rerouting via the anterior transpetrosal approach. Illustrative case
The relative mobility of the trigeminal nerve allows rerouting by opening Meckel's cave. This technique may help reduce surgical risk by avoiding direct manipulation of severely atherosclerotic arteries. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE25474.
Authors
- Soichi Oya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0842-5092)
- Yutaro Itabashi
- Naoto Mukada
- Kyoumi Nakazato
- Masanori Aihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6878-2780)
- Tomoko Kunitomi
Institutions
- Gunma University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case25474
- Primary Topic
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00