World Neurosurg
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To compare facial pain outcomes from different surgical techniques for patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) who continue to have persistent or recurrent TN despite multiple operations. ⋯ Although no procedure is best for all patients, PFE gives the operating surgeon the option of performing either a nondestructive (microvascular decompression) or destructive (partial sensory rhizotomy) procedure and is associated with better facial pain outcomes for this difficult patient group.
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Instrumented circumferential fusion has been used as a primary and salvage procedure in lumbar spine fusion, especially for adult low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis. Recently, instrumented anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has been shown to provide good clinical and radiologic results that are comparable with those attained with traditional lumbar fusion. However, there have been no reports available that compare instrumented circumferential fusion with instrumented ALIF. ⋯ According to the present clinical outcome, instrumented ALIF is at least as effective as instrumented circumferential fusion for the treatment of back pain in adult patients with low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis. Moreover, in terms of operative data including the duration of operation and hospital stay, as well as blood loss, instrumented ALIF demonstrates better results.