OBJECTIVES The aims of this systematic review are to provide an objective summary of the
published literature specific to the treatment of classical trigeminal neuralgia with …

Various drugs and surgical procedures have been utilized for the treatment of trigeminal
neuralgia (TN). Despite numerous available approaches, the results are not completely …

Task Group 101 of the AAPM has prepared this report for medical physicists, clinicians, and
therapists in order to outline the best practice guidelines for the external‐beam radiation …

OBJECTIVE: There are no randomized controlled trials comparing retrogasserian
percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation, glycerol rhizolysis, balloon compression …

Background. The literature contains many varying, often conflicting surgical results.
However, there is no study comparing long-term effectiveness of all surgical procedures for …

Object Trigeminal neuralgia pain causes severe disability. Stereotactic radiosurgery is the
least invasive surgical option for patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Since different medical …

Object Stereotactic radiosurgery is an alternative to conventional surgery for the treatment of
trigeminal neuralgia. The authors conducted a prospective evaluation of the safety and …

Object. Microvascular decompression (MVD) and percutaneous ablation surgery have
historically been the treatments of choice for medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia (TN) …

Object Few long-term studies of Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for trigeminal neuralgia (TN)
exist. The authors report their long-term experience with the use of GKS in a previously …

OBJECTIVE: To critically examine the efficacy and safety of microvascular decompression
(MVD) for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) in elderly patients. METHODS: We performed a …