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Trigeminal neuralgia (TN or TGN), also called Fothergill disease, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia, or suicide disease, is a long-term pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve, [7] [1] the nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing.
Patients most likely to benefit from a microvascular decompression have a classic form of trigeminal neuralgia. [6] The diagnosis of this disorder is on the basis of the patients' symptoms and from a neurological examination. No blood test or genetic marker exists to diagnose the disease. An MRI scan can help eliminate other diagnoses. Newer ...
1967: Janetta procedure for trigeminal neuralgia [61] 1989: endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery [62] 1992: Magnetic resonance neurography described. [63] First clinical study on nerve decompressions to relieve symptoms of diabetic peripheral neruopathy. [64] [65] 1994: Diffusion tensor imaging described [66] 1997 endoscopic pudendal nerve ...
The most prevalent types of pain are thought to be headaches (43%), dysesthetic limb pain (26%), back pain (20%), painful spasms (15%) such as the MS Hug, [99] painful Lhermitte's phenomenon (16%) and Trigeminal Neuralgia (3%). [97] These authors did not however find enough data to quantify the prevalence of painful optic neuritis.
The superior cerebellar artery is frequently the cause of trigeminal neuralgia. It compresses the trigeminal nerve (CN V), causing pain on the patient's face (the distribution of the nerve). This may be treated with vascular microsurgery to decompress the trigeminal nerve. [2] At autopsy, 50% of people without trigeminal neuralgia will also be ...
Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN), or type 2 trigeminal neuralgia, is a form of trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve. This form of nerve pain is difficult to diagnose, as it is rare and the symptoms overlap with several other disorders. [ 1 ]
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Peter Joseph Jannetta (April 5, 1932 – April 11, 2016) was an American neurosurgeon known for devising microvascular decompression, a surgical procedure to treat trigeminal neuralgia. At the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , he was the first Walter Dandy Professor of Neurological Surgery.