- Practical guide to help decision-making among available therapies and surgical treatments
- Concise comprehensive book to understand trigeminal neuralgias & diverse origins
- Based on literature, 40 yrs authors' experience & more than 6000 surgical procedures
This book is focused on trigeminal neuralgias and their management, a field in which, during the two past decades, there were numerous advances in comprehension of mechanisms of the disease and diagnosis with imaging, as well as in medical therapies and in surgical treatment.
The authors are well-known specialists for this treatment and summarize their long experience in this comprehensive and practical book. They are experts not only on the surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with the micro-vascular decompression procedure but also with the lesioning procedures.
In this pictorial guide, readers can find the pathways for diagnosis, and practical guidelines to help decision-making among the most appropriate treatments, tailored on to every patient's need.
Neurologists, neurosurgeons, and dentists, but also ENT specialists, ophthalmologists, and maxillofacial specialists, would find an invaluable support in this book devoted to a rather frequent problem to deal with.
Table of Contents- Introduction: Definition of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Evolution of Concepts
- Terminology and Classification of Trigeminal Neuralgias
- Anatomy of the Trigeminal Nerve (TGN)
- Anatomy of the Neighbouring Vessels and Structures Surrounding the Trigeminal Nerve
- Trigeminal Neuralgias: Clinical Presentations, Neurological Assessment, and Specialty Investigations
- Trigeminal Neuralgias: Neuro-Imaging Assessment
- Differential Diagnoses of Trigeminal Neuralgias
- Pharmacological Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgias
- Micro-Vascular Decompression (MVD) and Other Open Microsurgical Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgias
- Percutaneous Lesioning-Techniques for Trigeminal Neuralgias
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgias
- Decision-Making and Conclusions
