Long-term evaluation of clinical outcome after microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia – Langzeitauswertung der klinischen Ergebnisse nach mikrovaskulärer Dekompressi…

Objective: The treatment of trigeminal neuralgia using microvascular decompression (MVD) is still challenging regarding postoperative outcome. According to the literature a considerable recurrence rate has been observed. In order to support the quality of the clinical outcome, 3D visualization of the MRI data has been used for our preoperative planning to achieve a detailed understanding of the complex neurovascular relationships at the surface of the brainstem as well as routine intraoperative BAEP and EMG monitoring has been applied to avoid neurological deficits during surgery. The achieved results were analy…