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20871443

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
The pain of trigeminal neuralgia is considered one of the worst in human experience. Therefore, its treatment has been of special importance in the history of medicine and surgery. Long after physicians began prescribing various herbs and medication for trigeminal neuralgia, surgeons attempted to relieve it by cutting out parts of the nervous system they deemed responsible for the pain. Between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, several surgeons pioneered surgical procedures aimed at the peripheral and central nervous system. Harvey Cushing contributed the most to increase the safety of these neurosurgical techniques. Due to Dr Cushing's meticulous clinical observation and operative record keeping, we are able to selectively review his newly discovered patient records at Johns Hopkins and Peter Bent Brigham Hospitals and provide insight into the early history and evolution of trigeminal neuralgia surgery. We also review the contributions of other surgeons from the same period.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1524-4040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1419-25; discussion 1425
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: a history of early strides toward curing a "cancerous acrimony".
pubmed:affiliation
Clarian Neuroscience, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, and Indiana University, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article