Abstract

ZULUETA NOCEDO, Leonardo; PIEDRA GARCIA, Juan; OCHOA ZALDIVAR, Luis  and  LOPEZ FLORES, Gerardo. Cambios en la presión sanguínea durante la microcompresión retrogasseriana. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1997, vol.36, n.3, pp. 192-196. ISSN 1561-2945.

Percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion is a therapeutic alternative in trigeminal neuralgia that induces high readings of arterial pressure during the transoperative and other risks of cardiovascular complications. The surgical technique is briefly described. Atropine was used in the premedication of this study. General anesthesia was administered to all patients and hidrizaline was given to control the arterial pressure. The changes observed in the arterial pressure during the different levels of treatment are shown. The immediate complications were: the significant increase of arterial pressure, the subconjunctival hemorrhage, and the carotid artery puncture

Keywords : TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA [surgery]; NERVE CRUSH [adverse effects]; HYPERTENSION [etiology]; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; HEMORRHAGE [etiology]; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES [etiology].