Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a facial pain disorder characterized by intense and paroxysmal
pain that profoundly affects quality of life and presents complex challenges in diagnosis and …

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is the most frequent facial pain. It is difficult to treat
pharmacologically and a significant amount of patients can become drug-resistant requiring …

BACKGROUND Microvascular decompression (MVD) can be an effective intervention for
trigeminal neuralgia (TN); however, an optimal system for patient selection and surgical …

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify preoperative imaging predictors of surgical
success in patients with classic trigeminal neuralgia (cTN) undergoing microvascular …

Purpose Previous researches have reported gray and white matter microalterations in
primary trigeminal neuralgia (TN) with neurovascular compression (NVC). The central …

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a common, debilitating neuropathic face pain syndrome often
resistant to therapy. The familial clustering of TN cases suggests that genetic factors play a …

Background The etiology of primary trigeminal neuralgia remains unclear and is worthy of
further study; In this study, the morphometric characteristics of ovale foramina between …

Background Microscopic microvascular decompression (MVD) of the trigeminal nerve is the
gold standard surgical treatment for medically refractory classical trigeminal neuralgia …

The trigeminal root entry zone (TREZ) is the transitional zone of central and peripheral tissue
compartments in the trigeminal root. Microvascular compression on the TREZ is the main …

Objectives Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been used to detect microstructural alteration
and effect of surgical treatment of the trigeminal nerve root (TR) in patients with classical …