Tobacco Use and Trigeminal Neuralgia: Clinical Features and Outcome After Microvascular Decompression
In patients undergoing MVD for TN, smoking is associated with younger age of TN onset, more widespread facial pain, and worse long-term postoperative outcome after MVD. These features suggest that TN in smokers may represent a more severe disease form compared with TN in nonsmokers with different responses to treatment.
Authors
- Collin M. Labak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-2155)
- Jonathan P. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5441-1751)
- Eric Herring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1343-1817)
- J. H. Shepherd
- Sean Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-1179)
Institutions
- The Neurological Institute (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003192
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85