Trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia care at Mayo Clinic

• Your Mayo Clinic care team. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in brain and nervous system conditions (neurologists), brain and nervous system surgery (neurosurgeons), brain imaging (neuroradiology), and dental specialties have extensive experience diagnosing and treating trigeminal neuralgia. Your care team of experts collaborates to provide you with the benefit of each specialist's knowledge and experience.

• Coordinated care. Your care is discussed among the team and appointments are scheduled in coordination. Highly specialized trigeminal neuralgia experts are all working together to determine what's best for you.

  What might take months to accomplish elsewhere can typically be done in only a matter of days at Mayo Clinic.

• Advanced diagnosis and treatment. Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons have expertise and experience performing complex surgical procedures, including stereotactic radiosurgery, Gamma Knife radiosurgery and other techniques. They also have expertise in microvascular decompression and other procedures. At Mayo Clinic, you have access to the latest imaging and diagnostic tools available, and there's a long history of Mayo Clinic scientists developing cutting-edge technologies for patient care. You also may have access to research studies or clinical trials as part of your treatment.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, rank among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic experts provide comprehensive care for around 1,300 people with trigeminal neuralgia each year.

• Teamwork. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in brain and nervous system conditions (neurologists), brain and nervous system surgery (neurosurgeons), and doctors trained in treating children who have brain and nervous system conditions (pediatric neurologists) diagnose and treat people who have trigeminal neuralgia.
• The latest techniques and technology. Specialists at Mayo Clinic locations have access to the newest tools, such as intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI), stereotactic radiosurgery and Gamma Knife radiosurgery.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's neurosurgery and neurology departments' expertise and rankings.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, rank among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

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Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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