Research Article

Continuous Intra-Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring Improves the Efficiency of Percutaneous Balloon Compression of the Trigeminal Ganglion for Trigeminal Neuralgia

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HR and SBP in patients undergoing operations for TN by means of PBC under general anesthesia with intubation. Values are given for the basal condition (BA), immediately after FO puncture (FO), during effective ganglion compression (GC). (a) HR change. (b) SBP change. HBA : HR of basal conditions before puncture; HFO: the lowest HR after FO puncture; HGC: the lowest HR during effective ganglion compression; BBA : SBP under basal conditions before puncture; BFO: the highest SBP after FO puncture; BGC: the highest SBP during effective ganglion compression. ().
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