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Is Proton Surgery Recommended For Trigeminal Neuralgia?

After successful Gamma Knife surgery in 2000, my Trigeminal Neuralgia has returned. I am awaiting an appointment with a Neuralygist, but wanted to ask if ProCure or Proton surgery is an appropriate approach to my problem. I am taking 3 to 4 Oxcarbazapine pills per day, but still had a severe seizure to my right eye and upper nose. I thought I was being electrocuted. Any recommendations?
Sat, 24 Nov 2018
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Hi,

More recent technologies such as Cyberknife have been used to treat TN. Research on the use of proton beam radiation for TN has not revealed any sort of FDA approval for such use nor am I able to track down centers that use it for this purpose. I wouldn't be surprised to find Proton Beam therapy in use for this condition since it is similar to Cyberknife.

Proton beam seems to be exclusively used and discussed in the context of treating tumors and solid forms of cancers.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
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Is Proton Surgery Recommended For Trigeminal Neuralgia?

Hi, More recent technologies such as Cyberknife have been used to treat TN. Research on the use of proton beam radiation for TN has not revealed any sort of FDA approval for such use nor am I able to track down centers that use it for this purpose. I wouldn t be surprised to find Proton Beam therapy in use for this condition since it is similar to Cyberknife. Proton beam seems to be exclusively used and discussed in the context of treating tumors and solid forms of cancers. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist