Table 2:

Incidence of symptomatic neurovascular compression syndromes

NVCSIncidence
CN VTrigeminal neuralgia4.3/100,000a
4–20/100,000b
CN VIIHemifacial spasm0.77/100,000c
CN VIIIVestibular paroxysmia
CN IXGlossopharyngeal neuralgia0.062/100,000d
0.2–0.7/100,000b
  • a Katusic et al.24

  • b Manzoni and Torelli.25

  • c Auger and Whisnant.49

  • d Spurling and Grantham.58