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Old 02-27-2011, 12:08 AM #1
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I am looking for information relating to TN surgery that combines balloon compression and glycerol.

We have a preliminary (pre-physical evaluation & MRI) recommendation by a "prominent" neurosurgeon to treat my wife's TN (with MS) using balloon compression with glycerol. If I understand correctly, this combined procedure has been used successfully used by Dr. Ben Carson at Johns Hopkins. I don't know if he pioneered the approach. The combination apparently extends the pain-free period; however, I have not been able to find any literature/papers that discuss this approach.
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I have had a glycerol injection, and a subsequent balloon compression, but haven't heard of the two combined as one procedure.

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I have had a glycerol injection, and a subsequent balloon compression, but haven't heard of the two combined as one procedure.

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How did your procedures go? Did you get pain relief?
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The balloon compression did the trick, but now the TN has come back on the other side.
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