Concomitant depression and anxiety negatively affect pain outcomes in surgically managed young patients with trigeminal neuralgia: Long-term clinical outcome.

CONCLUSIONS: In young patients with TN, comorbid MDD or anxiety disorders was associated with seeking multiple invasive procedures in multiple academic centers with limited benefit and high rates of surgical induced complications. PMID: 28168085 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28168085?dopt=Abstract

Source: Surgical Neurology International - February 10, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research