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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005;76:1470-1471 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2005.072595
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Editorial commentary

Can MRI distinguish injurious from innocuous trigeminal neurovascular contact?

  1. W P Cheshire
  1. Correspondence to:
 W P Cheshire
 Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; cheshiremayo.edu

    It may be better not to operate on patients with chronic facial pain

    Traditional wisdom teaches that “good surgeons know how to operate, better ones when to operate, and the best when not to operate”.1 When treating patients with chronic facial pain, prudent application of this aphorism draws not only from experience but also from rigorous scientific investigation. Lang et al (pages1506–9 of this issue) have strengthened the base of scientific evidence that informs the clinical decision not to recommend microvascular decompression for persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP).

    Suboccipital microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve root is well established for the treatment of …

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