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Preoperative prediction of pain outcomes in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

9 September 2020 | | Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery | Grading scale, Long-term outcome, Microvascular decompression, Trigeminal neuralgia

The authors of this retrospective study have developed a preoperative trigeminal neuralgia (TN) grading system for the preoperative prediction of long-term pain relief after microvascular decompression (MVD). Patients who had become refractory to or developed toxicity to carbamazepine or oxycarbamazepine...