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To the Editor: The Case Record describing a 61-year-old man with facial pain was a clear presentation of the management of trigeminal neuralgia (July 13 issue).¹ Patients who do not have a response to medical therapy or who have intolerable adverse effects are suitable candidates for surgery. Although microvascular decompression is associated with a good outcome, with low overall mortality and complication rates, the procedure remains invasive. Rhizotomy is associated with recurrence in 25 to 50% of patients within 2 to 3 years after treatment and with a higher incidence of facial numbness than is microvascular decompression.²

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