Guides to trigeminal neuralgia, other facial pain and nerve entrapment, with every treatment option explained by Prof. Dr. Serdar Baki Albayrak.
Treatment comparison · Trigeminal neuralgia MVD vs Gamma Knife for Trigeminal Neuralgia: How to Choose MVD gives longer pain relief, but it means an operation behind the ear. Gamma Knife avoids any incision, yet relief comes slowly and fades more…
In short What Is Peripheral Nerve Entrapment? Peripheral nerve entrapment is pressure on a nerve outside the spine, where it passes through a narrow tunnel. As a result, the squeezed nerve causes numbness, tingling, pain and, later, weakness. Carpal tunnel…
In short What Is Facial Nerve Pain? Facial nerve pain is pain that comes from a nerve in the face, not from the skin, teeth or sinuses. In most people, the source is the trigeminal nerve. In fact, this nerve…
In short What Is Trigeminal Neuralgia? Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic nerve disorder that causes sudden, severe pain on one side of the face. Each attack feels like an electric shock and lasts from a split second to two minutes.…
