Hyderabad: Trigeminal neuralgia is a neurological condition marked by sudden, severe facial pain that can interfere with ...
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is reputed to be one of the most painful conditions in human experience. Thus, many treatments, both medical and surgical, have been developed for this relapsing and ...
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating, chronic syndrome that causes sudden, severe, electric shock-like pain in the face. While TN isn’t life-threatening, it can severely alter quality of life ...
He further stated, “Now it is very easily treatable. There is a gamma knife surgery. They fix screws on your face for 7-8 hours. They make you lie down and with the gamma knife…” he said as he ...
A sudden electric shock in the face that disappears in seconds may not sound alarming at first. But for many, it marks the beginning of a painful neurological condition that quietly takes over daily ...
Trigeminal neuralgia, which is a type of chronic nerve pain in your face, is common with multiple sclerosis (MS). It may feel like a stabbing or burning sensation on the side of your face. People who ...
A percutaneous rhizotomy is a minimally invasive procedure to treat trigeminal neuralgia. Our surgeons use a small needle to make a controlled, minor injury to one of your facial nerves (your ...
Stereotactic surgery uses focused radiation to damage nerve tissue (trigeminal nerve) to prevent or disrupt pain signals in your brain. We can use stereotactic radiosurgery to treat trigeminal ...
Imagine a kiss on the cheek, a bite into a strawberry or a breeze on your forehead causing sudden, excruciating, electrical shock-like pain to one side of your face. That agonizing stab of pain may be ...
Dr Ben Jonker loves treating people with trigeminal neuralgia – a condition that has been described as the “suicide disease”.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2007;7(11):1565-1579. Satisfactory outcomes depend on correct diagnosis, as effective pain relief is more likely to be achieved when classical features of TN are elicited, such ...