Repeat Microvascular Decompression for Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is described as the most excruciating pain typically involving the face. Microvascular decompression (MVD) is regarded as the established method of treatment of the condition. We aimed to detect the underlying pathology in recurrent TN cases, to prevent the recurrence rate of the patients and to determine the difficulties encountered during surgery.