Complications

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Operative treatment of trigeminal neuralgia can be complicated by any of the following: hearing loss, facial hypaesthesia, corneal hypaesthesia, trigeminal motor weakness, anaesthesia dolorosa, keratitis, cranial nerve palsies, cerebrospinal fluid leak, meningitis, herpes labialis reactivation, and arteriovenous fistula formation.[35]

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