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FACIAL NEURALGIA
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Surgical Treatments

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Contents: Treatments: Surgery

We define "surgery" as any treatment for TN, aside from acupuncture, that is invasive in any way. Therefore, citations referring to any kind of treatment involving percutaneous (under the skin) procedures will be listed here.

• Balloon Rhizotomy

• Cryotherapy

• Gamma Knife (Stereotactic Radiosurgery)

• Glycerol injection/rhizotomy

• Microvascular Decompression

• Nerve Blocks

• Neurectomy

• Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation

• Rhizotomy
  
  Articles not classified into the above categories, but that may contain information about these and other surgeries:
  
  Tenser, R.B. (1998). Trigeminal neuralgia: mechanisms of treatment. Neurology, 51(1), 17-19.
  
  Kawano, H., Hayashi, M., Kobayashi, H., et al. Gas CT cisternography of trigeminal neuralgia caused by AVM of the cerebellopontine angle. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 8(1), 161-162.
  
  Lovely, T.J. & Jannetta, P.J. (1997). Surgical management of geniculate neuralgia. American Journal of Otolaryngology, 18(4), 512-517.
  
  Loeser, J.D. (1977). The management of tic doloreaux. Pain, 3(2), 155-162.
  
  Mullan, S. & Brown, A. (1996). Trigeminal neuralgia. Neurosurgery Quarterly, 6(4), 267-288.
  
  Nurmikko, T., Miles, J., Eldridge, P., Bowsher, D., Jessop, J., Zakrzewska, J.M., Sidebottom, A.J. & Cooper, J.C. (1997). Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia (multiple letters). British Medical Journal, 314(7079), 519-520.
  
  D'Alessio, D.J. (1991). Diagnosis and treatment of cranial neuralgias. Medical Clinics of North America, 75(3), 605-615.
  
  Zakrzewska, J.M. (1991). Surgical-management of trigeminal neuralgia. British Dental Journal, 170(2), 61-62.
  
  Wen, H.L., Cheung, S.Y.C., & Mehal, Z.D. (1973). Acupuncture anaesthesia in surgery for trigeminal neuralgia. Asian Journal of Medicine, 9(5), 167-169.
  
  

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Julie Murphy