BACKGROUND: Optimal management of @entity1 with classical @entity4254 ( @entity4254 ) requires specific treatment programs and close collaboration between medical, radiological and surgical specialties. Organization of such treatment programs has never been described before. With this paper we aim to describe the implementation and feasibility of an accelerated cross-speciality management program, to describe the collaboration between the involved specialties and to report the @entity1 flow during the first 2  years after implementation. Finally, we aim to stimulate discussions about optimal management of @entity4254 . METHODS: Based on collaboration between neurologists, neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons a standardized program for @entity4254 was implemented in May 2012 at the Danish @entity10 Center (DHC). First out- @entity1 visit and subsequent 3.0 Tesla MRI scan was booked in an accelerated manner. The MRI scan was performed according to a special @entity4254 protocol developed for this program. @entity1 initially referred to neurosurgery were re-directed to DHC for pre-surgical evaluation of diagnosis and optimization of medical treatment. Follow-up was 2  years with fixed visits where medical treatment and indication for neurosurgery was continuously evaluated. Scientific data was collected in a structured and prospective manner. RESULTS: From May 2012 to April 2014, 130 @entity1 entered the accelerated program. Waiting time for the first out- @entity1 visit was 42  days. Ninety-four percent of the @entity1 had a MRI performed according to the special protocol after a mean of 37  days. Within 2  years follow-up 35  % of the @entity1 were referred to neurosurgery after a median time of 65  days. Five scientific papers describing demographics, clinical characteristics and @entity854 were published. CONCLUSION: The described cross-speciality management program proved to be feasible and to have acceptable waiting times for referral and highly specialized work-up of @entity4254 @entity1 in a public tertiary referral centre for @entity10 and @entity158 . Early high quality MRI ensured correct diagnosis and that the neurosurgeons had a standardized basis before decision-making on impending surgery. The program ensured that referral of the subgroup of @entity1 in need for surgery was standardized, ensured continuous evaluation of the need for adjustments in pharmacological management and formed the basis for scientific research.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity4254 :: ('MESH:D014277', 'Disease') :: ['TN', 'trigeminal neuralgia'] @entity854 :: ('MESH:D018376', 'Disease') :: ['neuroanatomical abnormalities'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['facial pain'] @entity10 :: ('MESH:D006261', 'Disease') :: ['headache', 'Headache']
@entity4254 :: (MESH:D014277,Disease) :: ['Trigeminal neuralgia']
