[The treatment of trigeminal neuralgia by resecting maxillary nerve and infraorbital nerve under the endoscopy at the pterygopalatofossa through approach to the maxillary sinus].

OBJECTIVE

This paper presents a method for treating maxillary neuralgia, the second division of trigeminal nerve.

METHOD: One hundred and thirty six cases with 136 trigeminal neuralgia were treated from 2004 to 2011. All patients were treated with endoscopic surgery at the pterygopalatofossa through approach to the maxillary sinus for resecting maxillary nerve and infraorbital nerve.

RESULT: One hundred and eighteen patients were relieved after operation and no recurrence of neuralgia was occurred after 2 to 8 years of follow-up.

CONCLUSION

This method had the advantages of avoiding to operate craniotomy with no complications, which was performed easily with valid efficacy.