Peer review report 2 on “Clinical Analysis and Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia: A Retrospective Study.”

International Journal of Surgery 37 Supplement 1 (2017) S298

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Peer review report 2 on “Clinical Analysis and Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia: A Retrospective Study.”

1. Original Submission 1.1. Recommendation Accept 1.2. Comments to the author I read with great interest the review article titled “Clinical Analysis and Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia: A Retrospective Study”. It is a difficult problem as it is rare and other modalities for the treatment for

DOI of published article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.034 1743-9191

trigeminal neuralgia are not so effective as MVD. Majority of patients are elderly with associated co-morbidity like hypertension and stroke. The present series although small consisting of 15 patients elaborates nicely and in detail the authors experience in managing this difficult problem. Their results and outcome are also excellent which encourages other to perform MVD. I suggest to accept the paper for publication. Anonymous reviewer