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01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract
EHMTI-0138. Significance of neurovascular contact in classical trigeminal neuralgia
Authors:
S Maarbjerg, F Wolfram, A Gozalov, J Olesen, L Bendtsen
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
Neurovascular contact (NVC) is considered a frequent cause of classical trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and transposition of a blood vessel in the potentially dangerous procedure of microvascular decompression is considered over other surgical options in medically refractory TN. However, prevalence of NVC has not been investigated in a representative neurological TN patient cohort using high-quality imaging and blinded evaluator. …