title: [Surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in patients with multiple sclerosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Trigeminal neuralgia occurs in 1-7% patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We assessed the efficacy of microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve in MS patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied MS patients with trigeminal neuralgia who underwent microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve. Results and сonclusion. The superior cerebellar artery was compressed in 5 patients, the vein in 1. At the follow up of 3-5 years, no relapses of trigeminal pain syndrome were observed after the successful surgery. There were no complications of surgical treatment. Indications to this treatment should be made on the basis of MRI.
authors.affiliation: Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosugery, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Shimanskiy
authors.affiliation: Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosugery, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Tanyashin
authors.affiliation: Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosugery, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kolycheva
authors.affiliation: Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosugery, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Karnaukhov
authors.affiliation: Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosugery, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Odamanov