Neurosurgery and facial pain.
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.
Eldridge
P R
PR
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ.
D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*