Trigeminal neuralgia without evidence of neurovascular conflict: microvascular compression or route entry zone exploration?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta of Milano, Milano; and Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto O. Galeazzi, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: gbroggi@istituto-besta.it.

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Giovanni Broggi. World Neurosurg. 2013 Sep-Oct.

. 2013 Sep-Oct;80(3-4):300-1.

doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.10.042. Epub 2012 Oct 24.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta of Milano, Milano; and Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto O. Galeazzi, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: gbroggi@istituto-besta.it.

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Keywords: MVD; Microvascular compression; REZ; Route entry zone; TN; Trigeminal neuralgia; Trigeminal root compression.

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Efficacy and safety of root compression of trigeminal nerve for trigeminal neuralgia without evidence of vascular compression.
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