A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds surgery may be considered for people who suffer from extreme, electric shock-like pain in their face and do not respond well to ...

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 ...

A University of Alberta clinical trial is testing whether ultra early Gamma Knife surgery can prevent long term brain changes ...

Patients Successfully Treated Across Three Leading Centers, With All Patients Reporting Freedom From Pain* Early Experience Highlights Improved Patient Comfort, Short Procedure ...

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, ...

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 ...

CyberKnife, a machine that shoots focused beams of radiation, provides an alternative treatment for trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain condition that affects the facial nerves, according to a ...

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 ...

OSLO, Norway — All patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) should undergo MRI, a new guideline for diagnosing and treating this condition recommends. The guideline, developed by a task force of the ...

Merelia spent years trying to figure out what was happening to her. Sharp pains stabbed her face until finally she was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. "It's like ripping your eye or stabbing it," ...

A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the ...

Patients with trigeminal neuralgia, a rare, chronic neuropathic pain condition, are calling for the reinstatement of Dr. Mark Linskey to the UC Irvine department of neurological surgery after a jury ...