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Bone Drilling in Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia: High Morphological Variety of the Petrous Bone Yoshitsugu OIWA 1 , Yoko HIROHATA 1 , Hirotaka OKUMURA 1 , Hiroo YAMAGA 2 , Motoharu TAKAYAMA 3 , Keita TERUI 4 , Rie YAKO 5 1Department of Surgical Neurology, Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital 2Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Wakayama Hospital 3Department of General Medicine, Ibukino Hospital 4Department of Neurosurgery, Hashimoto Municipal Hospital 5Department of Neurological Surgery, Wakayama Medical University Keyword: trigeminal neuralgia , microvascular decompression , suprameatal tubercle , petrous bone pp.601-607
Published Date 2013/7/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1436102033
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 Microvascular decompression is now a standard surgical technique for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. However, it is occasionally difficult to expose the trigeminal nerves because of the high anatomical variety of vascular or bony structures in the posterior fossa. We reported the case of a 59-year-old woman with trigeminal neuralgia whose site of neurovascular compression could not be observed in microvascular decompression. On approaching the trigeminal nerve, the suprameatal tubercle was so prominent that it prevented adequate visualization of the nerve tract. After drilling out the tubercle concealing the trigeminal nerve behind it, we exposed the nerve entirely and subsequently decompressed it from the superior cerebellar artery. Retrospectively, the suprameatal tubercle was found 3mm high above the posterior surface of the petrous bone. Then, we analyzed the height of suprameatal tubercles in 106 patients who underwent three-dimensional CT of the skull. Mean values of the suprameatal tubercles were 1.4-1.7mm in height, and 5.2% of them were higher than 3mm. The result suggested the high morphological variety of the petrous bone. We emphasize the importance of presurgical evaluation of the petrous bone in trigeminal neuralgia, because the neurovascular compression site may not be exposed sufficiently by the suprameatal tubercle in approximately 5% of the patients.


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