Sjöqvist's operation

Related people

Neurosurgical treatment for trigeminus neuralgia.

Description

Neurosurgical treatment for trigeminus neuralgia. Sectioning of the spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve by an incision through the posterolateral aspect of the medulla above the level of the obex. The operation is no longer commonly used.

French description: Section des fibres sensitives du trijumeau ai niveau du noyau de ce nerf; opération pratiquée en cas de névralgie faciale essentielle.

Bibliography

  • C. O. Sjöqvist:
    Eine neue Operationsmethode bei Trigeminusneuralgie: Durchschneidung des Tractus spinalis trigemini.
    Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie, Leipzig, 1937, 2: 274-281. Studies on pain conduction in the trigeminal nerve: Contribution to surgical treatment of facial pain.
    Acta psychiatrica et neurologica. Supplementum, 1938, 17: 1-139.

What is an eponym?

An eponym is a word derived from the name of a person, whether real or fictional. A medical eponym is thus any word related to medicine, whose name is derived from a person.

What is Whonamedit?

Whonamedit.com is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person.

Disclaimer:

Whonamedit? does not give medical advice.
This survey of medical eponyms and the persons behind them is meant as a general interest site only. No information found here must under any circumstances be used for medical purposes, diagnostically, therapeutically or otherwise. If you, or anybody close to you, is affected, or believe to be affected, by any condition mentioned here: see a doctor.