"This has proven to be a safe, effective treatment for trigeminal neuralgia patients, without the potential facial paralysis and long-term recovery experienced with conventional surgery," said Volker ...

The nerve disorder trigeminal neuralgia (TN) manifests itself in debilitating paroxysms of facial pain. What causes TN is still a bit of a mystery, but it's commonly attributed to vascular compression ...

NEW ORLEANS — Microvascular decompression (MVD) is more effective than gamma knife surgery (GKS) for the treatment of pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia (TN), a new systematic review and ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My mother-in-law has been diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. There are many treatment options, but she would have to travel to another state for some of them. She is in her 90s, so ...

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 ...

Last year when MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland's Gamma Knife opened, plans were in place to treat 75 patients the first year of operation. At the first anniversary date, the Gamma Knife surgery ...

Discover if your "electric shock" jaw pain is trigeminal neuralgia, a neurological condition often mistaken for dental problems. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WINSTON-SALEM – Research at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical has shown that Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery (GKRS) is an effective treatment for ...