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 ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects the nerves in your face. It causes a painful electric shock sensation in the jaw or side of the face, and the symptoms can worsen over time ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN, also known as tic douloureaux) is the most common facial pain syndrome with approximately 15,000 new patients diagnosed each year in the United States. TN is characterized by ...

February 8, 2012 — Cyberknife radiosurgery to relieve trigeminal neuralgia refractory to medical management is a promising, viable alternative to more invasive treatment for this painful condition, ...

Trigeminal Neuralgia also known as 'The Suicide Disease' is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve. HCG Apex Cancer Centre organised a press conference along with a ...

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 ...

Teenager has disorder that causes painful headaches. Jan. 31, 2014 — -- When KatieRose Hamilton has a headache, she can’t just take an aspirin and lie down. Instead her headaches, which are ...

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), as a first surgical procedure for medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia, should be performed within 3 years of pain onset to achieve the best results, researchers ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare condition that causes pain so intense it used to be known as the suicide disease. And people who get it usually have vivid memories of their first severe episode. Sandra ...

NORTHWOOD (WPVI) -- Pain is among the hardest medical problems to deal with. And facial pain is one of the trickiest. A Philadelphia man details his long journey to relief. "The pain initially was ...

Dear Doctor: I was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia a few months ago, which I had never heard of before. I have learned that successful treatment can vary from patient to patient. Can you address ...