title: Neurosurgery and facial pain.
abstract: This article reviews the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of trigeminal neuralgia, the commonest facial pain condition treated by the neurosurgeon. The advantages offered by microvascular decompression as a treatment are reviewed and compared with medical treatment and percutaneous techniques.
authors.affiliation: Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Eldridge
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*