Microvascular decompression is a surgery to treat trigeminal neuralgia. A neurosurgeon relieves pressure (typically from a blood vessel) around the trigeminal nerve (sensory nerve running along your ...

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN) is a chronic pain condition characterized by persistent facial pain that does not respond well to conventional medical treatments, often leading to significant ...

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN) is a chronic pain condition characterized by persistent facial pain that does not respond well to conventional medical treatments, often leading to significant ...

May 17, 2010 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Microvascular decompression (MVD) of the trigeminal nerve is a safe and effective procedure for persistent or recurrent trigeminal neuralgia (TN) after ...

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 ...

In resistant hypertension (HT), after excluding all of the so-called conventional secondary etiological factors, the neurovascular pulsatile compression (NVPC) of the rostral ventrolateral medulla ...

An 85-year-old patient successfully underwent surgery for trigeminal neuralgia — a chronic condition that causes sharp, shock-like pain in the face — at Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road in Chennai, ...

Mumbai: A 56-year-old social worker from Dadar endured over a decade of excruciating pain caused by Trigeminal Neuralgia, one of the most painful neurological disorders known. Due to a misdiagnosis, ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is an ongoing pain condition that affects certain nerves in your face. You might also hear it called “tic douloureux.” It causes sudden and severe pain that some people with the ...

Q. I have had Tic douloureux for several years. According to my neurosurgeon, I have three choices: surgery to move the nerve, surgery to remove the nerve, and shooting alcohol into the nerve. Can you ...