Open AccessMicrovascular Decompression Alone without Rhizotomy Is an Effective Way of Treating Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: Clinical Analysis of 46 Cases
Author(s) -
Xuan Zheng,
Xiangyu Wei,
Jin Zhu,
Yazhou Yuan,
Tiejin Ying,
Shiting Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-0372
pISSN - 1011-6125
DOI - 10.1159/000505712
Subject(s) - rhizotomy , medicine , microvascular decompression , glossopharyngeal nerve , surgery , anesthesia , anterior inferior cerebellar artery , nerve root , trigeminal neuralgia , spinal cord , vagus nerve , stimulation , psychiatry , aneurysm
Microvascular decompression (MVD) has been the right choice for glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) patients. However, whether glossopharyngeal/vagal nerve root rhizotomy should be combined with MVD is still controversial.