[Microvascular decompresion for trigeminal neuralgia, report of 36 cases and literature review].

Background: The aim of this study is to describe the results of 36 patients with trigeminal neuralgia treated with microvascular decompression.

Methods: Between June 2005 and May 2012, 36 patients with trigeminal neuralgia were operated by the first author (AC), underwent microvascular decompression. The age, sex, duration of symptoms before surgery, and surgical finds, were all evaluated.

[Tension sellar pneumocele: A case report and review of the literature].

Background: Tension pneumocephalus is uncommon after transsphenoidal surgery. There are only few cases reported in the literature in which the air was located at the sellar region exclusively, constituting a sellar pneumocele. In this article, an unusual case of a late onset tension sellar pneumocele is reported.