Withdrawal reaction of carbamazepine after neurovascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: A preliminary study

2014 ◽  
Vol 338 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Jie Chen ◽  
Wei-Jie Zhang ◽  
Zhi-Lin Guo ◽  
Wen-Hao Zhang ◽  
Ying Chai ◽  
...  
2006 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 983-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoel J. Teixeira ◽  
Silvia R.D.T. Siqueira ◽  
Gilberto M. Almeida

OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcomes of 354 radiofrequency rhizotomies and 21 neurovascular decompressions performed as treatment for 367 facial pain patients (290 idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia, 52 symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia, 16 atypical facial pain, 9 post-herpetic neuralgia). METHOD: Clinical findings and surgery success rate were considered for evaluation. A scale of success rate was determined to classify patients, which considered pain relief and functional/sensorial deficits. RESULTS: Radiofrequency rhizotomy was performed in 273 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia and in all other patients, except for trigeminal neuropathy; neurovascular decompression was performed in 18 idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia patients; 100% idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia, 96.2% symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia, 37.5% atypical facial pain and 88.9% post-herpetic neuralgia had pain relief. CONCLUSION: Both techniques for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia are usefull. Radiofrequency rhizotomy was also efficient to treat symptomatic facial pain, and post-herpetic facial pain, but is not a good technique for atypical facial pain.


1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi RYU ◽  
Seiji YAMAMOTO ◽  
Kenji SUGIYAMA ◽  
Naoki YOKOTA ◽  
Tokutaro TANAKA

1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 900-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun MIYAGI ◽  
Yuichiro HANABUSA ◽  
Shinken KURAMOTO ◽  
Masao KUBOYAMA ◽  
Kazunori KAJIWARA

1992 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 948-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Hamlyn ◽  
Thomas T. King

✓ Neurovascular decompression is a widely practiced tec hnique for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, and yet there is still debate as to whether the beneficial effect results from relieving the nerve of compression by an anatomically abnormal vessel or from the manipulation and trauma the nerve undergoes during the procedure. The development of this operation has been hampered by the lack of adequate anatomical studies in normal controls. The authors present a combined study of clinical and anatomical material employing standardized definitions of the neurovascular relationships in both groups. Detailed simulations of the operative procedure were carried out on fresh cadavers matched for age, sex, and side, and a technique of in situ blood vessel perfusion was developed that enabled the normal neurovascular arrangement to be observed post mortem at physiological pressures. Neurovascular compression, typified by a large vessel distorting and creating a groove in the fifth cranial nerve, was found in 37 of the 41 cases of trigeminal neuralgia; recurrence of pain did not relate to the site of compression. A follow-up study was carried out for a median of 53 months (range 12 to 103 months). No distortion was found in a total of 50 normal cadaveric dissections; however, on perfusion to physiological pressures, the percentage of nerves with vessels adjacent or in simple contact increased from 16% to 40%. This study using this new technique confirms that vascular compression of the fifth cranial nerve is an anatomical abnormality specific to trigeminal neuralgia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-352
Author(s):  
Gustavo Simiano Jung ◽  
Leonardo Gilmone Ruschell ◽  
Luis Fernando Moura Da Silva Junior ◽  
Erasmo Barros Da Silva Jr. ◽  
Jerônimo Buzetti Milano ◽  
...  

Trigeminal neuralgia in general is a disease of the elderly. Rarely, the disease presents during childhood. Therefore we sought to explore the role of vascular compression in pediatric patients with medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia. A case of venous compression related to trigeminal neuralgia is presented in a 17-year-old girl. Upper petrous vein was found to be related to aneurovascular conflict with unusual response to neurovascular decompression with complete resolution of symptoms in postoperativeperiod. 


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