Augmented reality-assisted microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare condition characterized by pain along the distribution of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Surgical approaches via microvascular decompression represent a common treatment strategy. For this procedure, an understanding of the location of the cranial nerve and the offending vasculature is critically important. A mixed reality system was used to register patient-specific 3D models onto the patients head for operative planning and anatomical visualization. A 58-year-old female presented to neurosurgery with severe right-sided facial, tongue, and jaw pain unresponsive to multiple conservative therapies including medication. T2-weighted MRI with FIESTA sequence demonstrated right posterior inferior communicating artery compression of the right glossopharyngeal ne

SUBMITTER: Olexa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648980 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature