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Report of the results of treatment in 1380 cases with trigeminal neuralgia and 14 cases with glosso-vago-pharyngeal neuralgia. Trigeminal neuralgia was treated by percutaneous thermorhizotomy in 960 cases and by open micro-approach to the cerebello-pontine angle in 420 cases. In cases treated by microsurgical vascular decompression, cure rate was 91%, partial relief 5%, failure 4%. Recurrence occured in 6%.
Glossopharyngial neuralgia was treated by percutaneous thermocoagulation of the Andersch ganglion in 3 cases and by a direct approach to the jugular foramen in 11 cases, in 9 of them with micro-vascular decompression. With microsurgical vascular decompression, all cases had total pain relief without recurrence.
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Sindou, M., Mertens, P. (1993). Microsurgical Vascular Decompression (MVD) in Trigeminal and Glosso-Vago-Pharyngeal Neuralgias. A Twenty Year Experience. In: Meyerson, B.A., Broggi, G., Martin-Rodriguez, J., Ostertag, C., Sindou, M. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 10. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 58. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9297-9_39
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