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Management of recurrent glossopharyngeal neuralgia after a failed microvascular decompression

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  1. Songshan Chai and Hao Xu contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Avenue No. 1277, Wuhan, 430022, China

    Songshan Chai, Xuan Wang & Wei Xiang

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of the Yangtze River Shipping, Wu Han Brain Hospital, Wuhan, China

    Hao Xu

  3. Department of Medical Administration, The Second People’s Hospital of Xichuan County, Xichuan, Nanyang, China

    Jia Han

  4. Department of Traditional Chinese Orthopedics & Traumatology, The Second People’s Hospital of Xichuan County, Xichuan, Nanyang, China

    Tianpeng Han

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Chai, S., Xu, H., Han, J. et al. Management of recurrent glossopharyngeal neuralgia after a failed microvascular decompression. Acta Neurochir 163, 1615–1616 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04739-w

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