Usually, when you seem someone grabbing the side of their face in pain, one would automatically think that it's their jaw or teeth that is causing such pain, but it could be a condition called ...

Some neurosurgeons advocate for an operation sooner, with the goal of preventing further damage to the trigeminal nerve from unrelieved neurovascular contact. It is unknown whether early versus ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is one of the most severe forms of pain in human experience. It is also a treatable condition if recognized and managed properly. As for any painful diagnosis ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve. The typical form results in episodes of severe, sudden, shock-like pain in one side of the face that lasts for ...

Objective: Our objective was to study the clinical feasibility of Xper-CT combined with laser-assisted radiofrequency thermocoagulation in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. Materials and methods: ...

While most PTAs are asymptomatic, lateral variants can occasionally compress the trigeminal nerve and precipitate trigeminal neuralgia. Aneurysms of the PTA are exceptionally rare in the literature ...

Objectives: Brain structural and functional abnormalities have been separately reported in patients with classic trigeminal neuralgia (CTN). However, whether and how the functional deficits are ...

“There is as exquisite an anguish suffered as from any distemper to which the body is subject, if we may judge by the expressions of it…” W Heberden, 1802 1 John Fothergill gave the first full and ...

Meritus Neurosurgery has introduced a specialized, noninvasive radiosurgery procedure to treat trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic facial pain condition. The procedure was recently performed for the first ...

The cranial nerves are a set of twelve pairs of nerves that travel to and from the brain. Each has a different function. For example, the olfactory nerve is essential for detecting smells.