Minimally Invasive Trigeminal Ablation: Novel Transoral Technique for Targeted Treatment of V3
Minimally Invasive Trigeminal Ablation: Novel Transoral Technique for Targeted Treatment of V3
World Neurosurg. (2018) 118:193-196
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic orofacial pain syndrome that presents with debilitating shooting pains in the V3 nerve distribution. The condition is traditionally responsive to anticonvulsant therapy; however, cases that become refractory to medications often require surgical intervention.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We present a case of TN that was treated with…