Health Education for Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia (Microballoon Compression)
1.What is trigeminal nerve?
2.What is trigeminal neuralgia?
3.The etiology of trigeminal neuralgia?
4.What is the diagnostic basis of trigeminal neuralgia?
5.What is the differential diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia?
6.What is the treatment for trigeminal neuralgia?
7.What is the drug diagnosis and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia?
8.What is the pharmacological treatment of trigeminal neuralgia?
9.What are the advantages, disadvantages and side effects of drug treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with carbamazepine and Dexedrine?
10.What are the indications for surgical procedures for trigeminal neuralgia?
11.What are the surgical methods for trigeminal neuralgia? What are their advantages, disadvantages and side effects?
12.What is transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
13.Who is the target of transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
14.What is our surgical experience and results of transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
15.What should be done if a patient needs transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
16.What is the procedure if a patient receives transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
17.What are the risks if a patient undergoes transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
18.What are the possible complications if a patient undergoes transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
19.What are the postoperative instructions if a patient undergoes transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression?
20.What is the recurrence rate of balloon compression? If a patient undergoes transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression, what should I do if there is a recurrence after surgery?
Transdermal trigeminal ganglion balloon compression and avulsion surgery.
The main advantages of this procedure are: the operation technique is relatively simple, the patient tolerates it well, the whole procedure is performed under general anesthesia, there is almost no pain and discomfort during the procedure, the operation time is short (half an hour on average), the immediate postoperative pain relief rate can be as high as 95%, the patient can get out of bed on the same day after the operation, if the patient is not satisfied with the pain relief, the patient can undergo the same operation again the next day, the pain caused by the eye branch can be treated. The postoperative sensory loss is mild, the chance of complications is low (<1%), the number of hospitalization days is low (5 days on average), no craniotomy is required, no intensive care unit is needed, the postoperative wound is small (about 2mm), the whole treatment process is painless, there is no wound pain, and the patient's comfort is high; the main disadvantages are mild to moderate hemifacial numbness and loss of masticatory muscle strength, but the symptoms will improve over time. The main disadvantages are mild to moderate hemifacial numbness and masticatory muscle weakness, but the symptoms will improve over time.
The procedure is simply performed by puncturing the affected side of the orofacial angle, introducing a microballoon into the trigeminal nerve’s hemimelia in Meckle’s cavity through a sheath tube under X-ray fluoroscopic surveillance, then slowly injecting contrast filling the balloon, decompressing the nerve fibers causing trigeminal neuralgia and destroying them through the expanded microballoon compression, and finally withdrawing the balloon and wound The wound is then compressed to stop bleeding.