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Multiple Vessel Compression of the Trigeminal Nerve Is Associated With Worse Outcomes in Trigeminal Neuralgia After Microvascular Decompression.

Raymond J SoAnita L KalluriStanley ZhuJoshua MateriSumil K NairMichael LimJudy HuangChetan BettegowdaRisheng Xu
Published in: Neurosurgery (2022)
TN patients with a single compressive vessel exhibited better pain outcomes after an MVD. Patients with multiple compressive vessels exhibited higher pain scores preoperatively and incurred a higher risk for pain recurrence, which occurred after a shorter pain-free interval compared with the single compression cohort.
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