MVD resulted in superior pain control compared to RFR in patients with idiopathic TN with a neurovascular contact without root distortion and with a PSD < 5Y, after initial surgical treatment. However, caution should be exercised in interpreting these findings due to study limitations, including its retrospective design and small sample size. Further research is warranted to validate these results.
Altamirano et al. (Thu,) studied this question.