Minimally Invasive Procedure for treating Trigeminal Neuralgia - A Case Report

Abstract

Trigeminal nerve is the largest of all the cranial nerves. Disease involving the nerve can cause Trigeminal neuralgia or loss of sensory or motor function in the distribution of the nerve. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a sudden, sharp, severe, intermittent, lancinating, usually unilateral facial pain in the distribution of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve, lasting from a fraction of a second to minutes and is triggered by trivial cutaneous or intraoral stimuli. Trigeminal neuralgia is a commonly diagnosed neurosensory disease of head, neck and face region, involving 5th cranial nerve. Peripheral neurectomy has been reported as a successful treatment by many surgeons for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.