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A grading system was formulated using 3 previously validated preoperative characteristics. The primary end-point was long-term, pain-free status without use of medication. Ability to predict pain-free status was analyzed by multiple regression and assessed by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Clinical utility to predict MVD success and reduce unnecessary surgeries was assessed by decision-curve analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 208 patients analyzed, 73% were pain-free without medication at\u00a0&gt;18-mo follow-up. Pain-free status was predicted by classical TN type, positive response to carbamazepine and\/or oxcarbazepine, and presence and nature of neurovascular compression demonstrated on MRI (all\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a0.01). The TN grading system demonstrated good discriminatory ability for prediction of pain-free status (AUC 0.85, 95% CI 0.80-0.91). Decision-curve analysis demonstrated a net reduction of 20 cases likely to be unsuccessful per 100 patients evaluated with this grading system above a decision threshold of 80%.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This TN grading system reliably predicts long-term pain-free status without medications following MVD. The use of the TN grading system as part of a comprehensive work-up may reduce the number of unsuccessful operations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/neuros\/nyz376","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,19]],"date-time":"2019-09-19T15:27:52Z","timestamp":1568906872000},"page":"71-79","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":58,"title":["Development and Evaluation of a Preoperative Trigeminal Neuralgia Scoring System to Predict Long-Term Outcome Following Microvascular Decompression"],"prefix":"10.1227","volume":"87","author":[{"given":"David M","family":"Panczykowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5687-6488","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ronak H","family":"Jani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department 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