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01-06-2021 | Rhizotomy | Letter to the editor - Functional Neurosurgery - Pain

Management of recurrent glossopharyngeal neuralgia after a failed microvascular decompression

Authors: Songshan Chai, Hao Xu, Jia Han, Tianpeng Han, Xuan Wang, Wei Xiang

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 6/2021

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Title: Management of recurrent glossopharyngeal neuralgia after a failed microvascular decompression
Authors: Songshan Chai
Hao Xu
Jia Han
Tianpeng Han
Xuan Wang
Wei Xiang
Publication date: 01-06-2021
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Keyword: Rhizotomy
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04739-w

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