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Correlation between Sagittal Angle of the Trigeminal Nerve and the Grade of Neurovascular Conflict

Correlation between Sagittal Angle of the Trigeminal Nerve and the Grade of Neurovascular Conflict LETTERS Correlation between Sagittal Angle of the Trigeminal Nerve and the Grade of Neurovascular Conflict third of patients. Furthermore, Leal et al studied the impact of e read with interest the recent article by Branstetter et al nerve atrophy and grades of conflict on clinical outcomes after Wdescribing the sagittal angle of the trigeminal nerve at the MVD. They found that patients with higher grades of neurovas- porus trigeminus in the setting of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The cular conflict had a statistically significant response to MVD. All study found that a small subset of patients (17%) with TN had patients with grade III conflict in their study benefited from an angles that were more acute at the entry of the ipsilateral trigemi- operation; more important, none of the patients with persistent nal nerve into the Meckel cave compared with controls and the or recurrent symptoms had a grade III conflict. The authors thus unaffected contralateral side. The authors suggested that such concluded that MVD is the best treatment for patients with grade aberrant anatomy may be associated with symptoms and that II and III neurovascular conflict; in other words, MVD is the best these patients could potentially benefit from http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Neuroradiology American Journal of Neuroradiology

Correlation between Sagittal Angle of the Trigeminal Nerve and the Grade of Neurovascular Conflict

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American Journal of Neuroradiology
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0195-6108
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10.3174/ajnr.a7751
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Abstract

LETTERS Correlation between Sagittal Angle of the Trigeminal Nerve and the Grade of Neurovascular Conflict third of patients. Furthermore, Leal et al studied the impact of e read with interest the recent article by Branstetter et al nerve atrophy and grades of conflict on clinical outcomes after Wdescribing the sagittal angle of the trigeminal nerve at the MVD. They found that patients with higher grades of neurovas- porus trigeminus in the setting of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The cular conflict had a statistically significant response to MVD. All study found that a small subset of patients (17%) with TN had patients with grade III conflict in their study benefited from an angles that were more acute at the entry of the ipsilateral trigemi- operation; more important, none of the patients with persistent nal nerve into the Meckel cave compared with controls and the or recurrent symptoms had a grade III conflict. The authors thus unaffected contralateral side. The authors suggested that such concluded that MVD is the best treatment for patients with grade aberrant anatomy may be associated with symptoms and that II and III neurovascular conflict; in other words, MVD is the best these patients could potentially benefit from

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American Journal of Neuroradiology – American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published: Mar 1, 2023

References

  • Sagittal angle of the trigeminal nerve at the porus trigeminus: a novel measurement to distinguish different causes of classic trigeminal neuralgia
    BF. Branstetter; N. Reddy; K. Patel
  • Anatomical observations during microvascular decompression for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (with correlations between topography of pain and site of the neurovascular conflict). Prospective study in a series of 579 patients.
    M. Sindou; T. Howeidy; G. Acevedo
  • Atrophic changes in the trigeminal nerves of patients with trigeminal neuralgia due to neurovascular compression and their association with the severity of compression and clinical outcomes
    PR. Leal; C. Barbier; M. Hermier