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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Samer Narouze, M.D., M.Sc.
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Chairman, Pain Management Department
Summa Western Reserve Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Introduction - TOP

Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common form of facial neuropathic pain in elderly people with an annual incidence of 4-5 new patients per 100,000. Trigeminal neuralgia is more prevalent in women than men in a ratio of 1.5:1.1 There are 2 types of trigeminal neuralgia. They are: 1) classical trigeminal neuralgia and 2) symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia.

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