Long-term outcomes after microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia
These findings support the use of MVD without neurectomy in patients with classical GPN, including redo MVD in patients with persistent neurovascular compression. The direction of symptom radiation was not associated with pain outcomes.
Authors
- Andrea Truini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2630-7647)
- Giulia Di Stefano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-7885)
- Raymond F. Sekula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0380-6301)
- Evan Washington
- Margaret Tugend (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-5538)
- Kevin Ma
- Colby T. Joncas
Institutions
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgical FOCUS
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.focus25287
- Primary Topic
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00