Husham Hasan
Al Hussein Teaching Hospital, Iraq
Title: The efficacy of TENS ACUPUNCTURE in management of trigeminal neuralgia as a sole or adjuvant therapy
Biography
Biography: Husham Hasan
Abstract
Trigeminal neuralgia involves nerves supplying head, face, teeth and jaws. Although the aetiology is not always well known, different treatment modalities are being practiced including medical, interventional, and surgical. The main modalities being practiced in my country is medical as there are very few interventional pain clinics available and the surgical modalities are almost never done due to either lack of experience or instruments. TENS acupuncture may be considered a promising adjuvant therapy which helps to decrease or completely stops the medicines used for treatment of TGN. The study was designed to study the efficacy of TENS acupuncture in management of trigeminal neuralgia as a sole or adjuvant therapy.