Saturday 23 August 2014

Most Cost-Effective Procedure in Treating Painful Facial Tics is the Least One Utilized in Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia Patients

A new study published in the journal Neurosurgery reveals that doctors often fail to opt for the most cost-effective procedure when treating patients who require surgery for facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia. Percutaneous stereotaxic rhizotomy (PSR) provides good pain relief at much lower cost than other types of surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia, according to the report by Dr. Siviero Agazzi and colleagues of University of South Florida, Tampa. ...

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