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Does the success rate of microvascular decompression surgery go down if it is preceded by percutaneous procedures like as radio frequency rhizotomy, glycerol injection or balloon compression?
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No: The surgery isn't compromised by that it just means other therapies didn't work.
Answered 9/28/2016
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