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Sex-specific pain outcomes following microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia.
Authors
Kilgore CB, So RJ, Storm K, Nair SK, Ran KR, Kalluri AL, Lim M, Huang J, Bettegowda C, Xu RAbstract
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is more prevalent among women. However, while microvascular decompression (MVD) is the most effective long-term surgical treatment for TN, it is unclear whether it is equally efficacious for men and women. We sought to characterize the relationship between sex and pain outcomes following MVD for TN.