Surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia of third division

A method is suggested for treatment of trifacial neuralgia of the third division. The inferior alveolar nerve is sectioned at two ends—the mandibular foramen and the mental foramen—and the whole length is avulsed. The mental foramen is eradicated by bone chips packed in the canal. Clinical and radiographic evidence supports the validity of this procedure. In fifteen cases treated by this method and observed for more than a year, the results have been most encouraging.