An act as ordinary as brushing
teeth can trigger intense facial
pain for those suffering from TN

The Neuroscience & Gamma Knife Center at CJW provides new hope for patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia in Virginia and all over the United States. Also called TN, Tic Douloureux or facial neuralgia, it is a debilitating disorder of the trigeminal nerve that causes excruciating facial pain. We are one of the few centers in the nation that takes a multi modality approach to TN. This means the patient enjoys the convenience of staying in one place for complete TN treatment.

We Take a Multi Modality Approaches to Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment in Options at CJW :

•  Medication
•  Gamma Knife(link is web page)
•  TN Patient Guide (link is .pdf)
•  Microvascular decompression

Sometimes getting rid of facial pain caused by Trigeminal Neuralgia requires more than one type of treatment. CJW's Chief of Neurosurgery, Dr. K. Singh Sahni, MD, FACS, has performed more than 2,000 Trigeminal Neuralgia procedures in Virginia in the past 20 years using all available treatment options or a combination, including the newest tool, the Gamma Knife. Our record of success is outstanding and a better quality of life for many TN sufferers has begun at Virginia's CJW Medical Center.

Click the photo for a booklet about
Trigeminal Neuraligia treatments
written by Dr. K. Singh Sahni

Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia

It may go undiagnosed for years. Some patients end up going to their dentist because the facial pain has been misdiagnosed as a toothache and they end up having unnecessary root canal or tooth extraction.  
Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia is difficult because there are no definitive diagnostic tests. Physicians typically diagnose TN based upon the patient's description of the facial pain and tests that rule out other causes of facial pain, such as TMJ, shingles, multiple sclerosis or tumors. This is where experience in diagnosing TN is important. And we have over 20 years of it.

“The procedure only lasted 20 minutes.
The Gamma knife changes the nerve
path that conducts pain. I was amazed.
The pain was gone so quickly. I would
definitely recommend this procedure to
others”
–Louanne-Trigeminal Neuralgia patient

Advantages of the Gamma Knife in treating Trigeminal Neuralgia

To date, the gamma knife is the most advanced neurosurgical tool available for treating Trigeminal Neuralgia. And in Richmond, Virginia only CJW has it. We have physicians with over 20 years of experience in treating Trigeminal Neuralgia in addition to the clinical expertise of having worked extensively with the gamma knife technology.