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Papers: 23 Nov 2019 - 29 Nov 2019


Human Studies


2020 May


Cephalalgia


40


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Hippocampal and trigeminal nerve volume predict outcome of surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia.

Authors

Danyluk H, Lee E K, Wong S, Sajida S, Broad R, Wheatley M, Elliott C, Sankar T
Cephalalgia. 2020 May; 40(6):586-596.
PMID: 31752520.

Abstract

Many medically-refractory trigeminal neuralgia patients are non-responders to surgical treatment. Few studies have explored how trigeminal nerve characteristics relate to surgical outcome, and none have investigated the relationship between subcortical brain structure and treatment outcomes.