balloon compression (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

balloon compression

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PBC is an interventional technique that alleviates pain by inserting a small balloon into the trigeminal ganglion near the base of the skull and inflating it to compress the nerve’s pain fibres.

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The University of Hong Kong

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