Full Description
Peter J. Jannetta, the neurosurgeon/neuroscientist who has contributed so much to the evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and other cranial nerve disorders brings together the most distinguished contributors in Trigeminal Neuralgia.
This seminal work collates and categorizes in one succinct volume what we understand about the various forms of face pain syndromes. By providing information on former beliefs, as well as current understanding, this book provides multiple options regarding diagnosis, medical treatment and operative intervention which will help decision making, develop knowledge and improve care of patients.
Irigeminal Neuralgia begins with an Introduction explaining where we were and what role those ideas have played in current thinking, all with the goal of giving the reader a basis for future thought. With each subsequent chapter - written by basic scientists and astute clinicians working in the area of facial pain - enigmas are clarified, solutions of apparently untreatable problems are presented, and a better understanding of how diagnoses and pathophysiology are evolving are presented.
This is a must read for all who would learn about neurogenic facial pain.
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1: History of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Ken Casey and Peter J. Jannetta
Chapter 2: Anatomy and Physiology
Ken Casey and Peter J. Jannetta
Chapter 3: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Typical and Atypical Symptoms
Peter J. Jannetta
Chapter 4: Medical Therapy, the Dentist's Perspective
George J. Hadeed and Peter J. Jannetta
Chapter 5: Face Pain in the Front Lines
David Halpert
Chapter 6: Current Medical Therapy
Jeffrey Cohen
Chapter 7: Differential Diagnosis, Look-alike Diseases, atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia
Mark E. Linskey and Peter J. Jannetta
Chapter 8: The Evaluation of the Preoperative Patient
Peter J. Jannetta and Ray Sekula
Chapter 9: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Current Operative Procedures: Overview
Toba Niazi, Paul A. House, and Ronald I. Apfelbaum
Chapter 10: Percutaneous Radiofrequency Rhizotomy
John M. Tew, Jr., Andrew Grande, and Chad Morgan
Chapter 11: Percutaneous Glycerol Rhizotomy
Douglas Kondziolka and L. Dade Lundsford
Chapter 12: Percutaneous Balloon Compression
Jeffrey A. Brown
Chapter 13: Stereotactic Focal Irradiation
Mark E. Linskey
Chapter 14: Microvascular Decompression
Peter J. Jannetta, Mark R. McLaughlin, and Raymond F. Sekula. Jr
Chapter 15: Microvascular Decompression and the Endoscope
Hae-Dong Jho, Diana HJ Jho, and David H. Jho
Chapter 16: Future Medical Therapy
Joanna M. Zakrzewska
Chapter 17: Introspective
Peter J. Jannetta
Index
