Microvascular decompression (MVD): Surgical Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia TGN

Viewer discretion is advised. MVD or microvascular decompression is the gold standard for surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (a form of facial pain). Courtesy of Dr. Farhad M. Limonadi, MD, a neurosurgeon at Palm Springs with Desert Spine and Neuroscience Institute, this video is actual surgical footage through a surgical microscope. For more videos of brain and spine surgery visit: