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Usefulness of case reports to improve medical knowledge regarding trigemino-cardiac reflex in skull base surgery

Authors: Nora Sandu, Pooan Sadr-Eshkevari, Bernhard J Schaller, the Trigemino-Cardiac Reflex Examination Group (TCREG)

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2011

Abstract

We describe the discovery of the trigemino-cardiac reflex by Schaller in 1999 and the continued improvement of the knowledge about the trigemino-cardiac reflex involved in neurosurgery, especially in skull base surgery, during the past several years. The achieved medical progress could be gained only by the practical experience described by different case reports and later case series that have been published in several principal scientific journals. Additionally, we explain the scientific as well as clinical importance of the communication of the case reports on TCR. Special reference has been given to the validity of the case reports for new phenomena in clinical medicine.

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Title: Usefulness of case reports to improve medical knowledge regarding trigemino-cardiac reflex in skull base surgery
Authors: Nora Sandu
Pooan Sadr-Eshkevari
Bernhard J Schaller
the Trigemino-Cardiac Reflex Examination Group (TCREG)
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-149

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