The cost of surgery for trigeminal neuralgia ranges from about $8,000 to $40,000 dollars. The three types of surgery are open microvascular decompression, radiofrequency therapy, and balloon compression. The specific cost of how much it costs needs to be determined according to which surgical method is chosen.
1. Craniotomy: The surgery requires opening the cranial cavity after general anesthesia, fully exposing the microvessels compressing the trigeminal nerve, and separating the blood vessels from the trigeminal nerve with cotton pads to achieve the therapeutic purpose. The cost of this type of surgery is about 30,000~40,000 dollars.
2. Radiofrequency treatment: It is a minimally invasive treatment, which costs less and does not require hospitalization. You need to puncture the radiofrequency needle into the corresponding part of the nerve and destroy the nerve through heat to achieve the therapeutic purpose, the cost is about 8 thousand.
3. Balloon compression: the principle of treatment is to expand the balloon in the semilunar ganglion of the trigeminal nerve to play a role in compression, the cost is about 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
The cost is about 10,000~20,000. The specific cost should be consulted with the local formal medical institutions.