Unilateral Facial Neuralgia A management Dilemma
Keywords:
Unilateral facial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, Microvascular decompressionAbstract
Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the significance of clinical examination in Diagnosis and management of Patient with unilateral facial neuralgia.
Study Design: Observational study.
Place and Duration of study: Out patient clinic and department of ENT and Neurosurgery PGMI LRH Peshawar from IST Nov 2005---31 Oct 2007 (2 years).
Material and methods: Patients presented with unilateral facial neuralgia were assessed in out patient clinic, record keeping about data was assessed during compiling of study. Related investigations were performed to exclude secondary causes of neuralgia.
Results: A total of 1207 patients who presented with unilateral facial pain in two years duration were scrutinized for idiopathic facial neuralgia. 182 (15.07%.) patient were referred to neurosurgeon who were suffering from trigeminal neuralgia.43(3.56)%) patient were subjected to microvascular decompression (MVD).Rest of the patients were treated accordingly.
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