Editing Trigeminal neuralgia (section)

====Destructive====
All destructive procedures will cause facial numbness, post relief, as well as pain relief.<ref name="Surgery11"/>
* Percutaneous techniques which all involve a needle or catheter entering the face up to the origin where the nerve splits into three divisions and then damaging this area, purposely, to produce numbness but also stop pain signals. These techniques are proven effective<ref name="Sindou 203–10"/> especially in those where other interventions have failed or in those who are medically unfit for surgery such as the elderly.
* Balloon compression – inflation of a balloon at this point causing damage and stopping pain signals.
* [[Glycerol]] injection – deposition of a corrosive liquid called glycerol at this point causes damage to the nerve to hinder pain signals.
* Radiofrequency thermocoagulation [[rhizotomy]] – application of a heated needle to damage the nerve at this point.
* [[Stereotactic radiosurgery]] is a form of radiation therapy that focuses high-power energy on a small area of the body.<ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Yi-Bin C |title=Stereotactic radiosurgery – Cyber Knife|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007274.htm|website=MedLine Plus|access-date=20 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121045317/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007274.htm|archive-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>