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Papers: 25 Feb 2023 - 3 Mar 2023

RESEARCH TYPE:
Clinical, Sex/Gender/Race


Human Studies, Neurobiology, Sex Differences

PAIN TYPE:
Orofacial/Head Pain


2023 Feb 22


World Neurosurg


36828277

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 R

Abstract

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.