News from Phu Tho General Hospital said that the hospital has just completely treated the nerve pain disease that “tortured” the patient for 15 years with just an 8-minute surgery.
The patient is Mr. NVN (born in 1968, residing in Bac Giang). After tooth extraction, Mr. N had pain in many areas of his face. He thought that taking medicine would cure him, but he did not expect that this was just the beginning of constant pain on his face for 15 years.
The patient was treated with pulsed radiofrequency ablation (PRF) at Phu Tho Provincial General Hospital. BVCC photo
More than a decade has passed, Mr. NVN still doesn’t understand why he had pain for so long following just having his tooth extracted. He went to many places for examination and treatment, each place offering different diagnoses and treatment methods.
Even where nerve separation surgery was performed, the pain still did not subside. He also used many types of medicine from Eastern medicine to Western medicine but it did not help.
Dr. Vi Truong Son examines a patient with 5th nerve pain. Photo of the hospital
Recently, he was in so much pain that Mr. N went to Phu Tho Provincial General Hospital to “ask for help” once more. Doctors diagnosed that the patient’s pain in many areas of the face was determined to be a sequela following tooth extraction.
The patient was examined and had necessary paraclinical tests performed such as CT scans, tests, etc. The results showed that the patient had 5th nerve pain.
Dr. Vi Truong Son, Head of the Department of Surgery (Phu Tho Provincial General Hospital) has proposed the most optimal treatment method which is pulsed radiofrequency ablation (PRF).
After 8 minutes of treatment, with a stimulating current of 55 V creating a temperature of 42 degrees Celsius, the pulsed high-frequency waves destroyed the peripheral nerves that control the sensation of the 5th nerve, helping the patient gradually lose sensation. feeling of pain.
The patient’s condition was stable, the pain was gone immediately following the burn and he was discharged home the same day.
The doctor is performing pulsed radiofrequency ablation technique. BVCC photo
According to Dr. Son, neuralgia number 5 (trigeminal neuralgia) is a type of pain that often appears suddenly in the face, making the patient feel painful as if being stabbed by a sharp object.
The pain usually does not last long but only lasts a few seconds (less than 1 minute). However, the interval between attacks is short and can last for a few hours or a whole day, causing discomfort, fatigue, and affecting the patient’s life.
“The cause of this condition can be due to compression of blood vessels, compression by tumors, viruses, systemic diseases such as Shingles, Lupus erythematosus, it can also be due to skull base fractures, tooth decay, sinusitis, tooth abscess, tooth extraction…
If not treated promptly, damaged nerves will cause facial paralysis. The longer you wait, the longer the pain will last. When it reaches the severe stage, treatment will be more difficult and take a lot of time,” Dr. Son shared.
According to Dr. Son, pulsed radiofrequency ablation is a non-invasive intervention technique that does not use cutlery, so the treatment relieves pain quickly, is performed in a very short time and the patient can be discharged from the hospital immediately. day.
This method is suitable for everyone, especially the elderly and patients with chronic pain diseases who do not have indications for surgical intervention.