Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery : David W Newell, MD

Trigeminal neuralgia treatment options include medical management using carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, gabapentin, phenytoin, lioresal and others. If patients experience incomplete relief of symptoms, side effects, or toxicity from medications, then other treatments including trigeminal neuralgia surgery, or radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia can be effective. Trigeminal neuralgia surgery most commonly involves microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve which is an operative procedure to protect the nerve from irritation by a surrounding blood vessel. For more information about David W Newell, MD Seattle Neuroscience Institute visit our website.