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Pharmacological versus microvascular decompression approaches for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: clinical outcomes and direct costs

In idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) the neuroimaging evaluation is usually normal, but in some cases a vascular compression of trigeminal nerve root is present. Although the latter condition may be referred to surgery, drug therapy is usually the first approach to control pain. This study compar...

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Autores principales: Lemos, Laurinda, Alegria, Carlos, Oliveira, Joana, Machado, Ana, Oliveira, Pedro, Almeida, Armando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941455
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S20555