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In the treatment of recurrent trigeminal neuralgia, what local therapy would you recommend after failure of medical therapy?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine

I will recommend surgery (microvascular decompression) only when there is a surgically fixable abnormality, such as vascular compression. In that case, microvascular decompression is more effective than SRS. Otherwise, I will offer SRS, which can be offered twice targeting a root entry zone and a mo...

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