Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Facial Pain

Session

Description: Management for complex facial pain disorders is a constant challenge for pain physicians, neurologists and neurosurgeons. This session aims to provide management options that focus on patient selection, surgical technique and outcomes .

This session will cover innovative treatments for facial deafferentation pain and painful trigeminal neuropathy. We will review the clinical differences between facial deafferentation pain and classic trigeminal neuralgia. We will review historical treatments for this difficult to treat population and discuss newer treatment options including high-cervical spinal cord stimulation that have shown promise.