CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF THE ADVANTAGES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CLASSICAL TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

This work covers the methods of treatment of patients with trigeminal neuralgia, the advantage of the neurosurgical treatment. The article uses the results of the analysis of case histories, findings of clinical and neurological examinations. The results of conservative and surgical methods of treatment are analyzed, the obtained data are compared with each other. The main criteria used in the analysis of the quality of treatment are reduction of pain syndrome, reduced dosage of finlepsin taken by patients. The article describes the feasibility of surgical intervention (microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve root.) in patients with the classical type of trigeminal neuralgia.