THERAPY
ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR AN EFFECTIVE THERAPY FOR TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA?
A 24-hour hospitalization is sufficient to carry out the procedure to
eliminate the pain of trigeminal neuralgia with utmost safety
Treatment includes:
- 1. Preliminary examinations
- 2. Operative surgery with sedation
- 3. Post-operative care
OUR ADVANTAGES
NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT
QUICK
Within 24 hours of admission to the clinic, the patient is discharged
Non invasive
It does not require any incisions in the skin
Safe
Through the use of radiological instrumentation (targeted fluoroscopy)
This mini-invasive treatment, practiced at the Ugo Delfino Medical Studio, is performed on a sedated patient with targeted fluoroscopy. Special radiological imaging makes it easy to view the foramen ovale and reach the Gasserian ganglion. Chemical lesions with ethanol creates a minimal wound which will last 20-30 years, and which does not touch any part of the brain. This kind of action damages the pain-sensory nerves yet saving the other, more resistant nervous structures. In this way, the sensitivity of the face is preserved. This technique, unlike any other, has been employed extensively since 1978 and is practical for all ages with complete safety.
A specialist in Trigeminal Neuralgia, Prof. Ugo Delfino is a graduate of Medicine and Surgery with his specialization in Anesthesia and Cardiology. In 1978 he traveled to New York to Prof. A. Ecker’s Neurosurgery Clinic to learn the most modern selective transcutaneous ganglionic surgery with targeted fluoroscopy for trigeminal neuralgia. Since then, his clinical activity has focused on anesthesia and neuroleptic blocks for chronic and malignant pain, especially on the trigeminal nerve, with an operative volume that currently exceeds 8600 cases of chronic trigeminal neuralgia.
Clinics & Services
Turin
Milan
Lugano
The Clinica Fornaca, located in the heart of Turin and easy to get to has always been a point of reference in the Piedmont private healthcare sector. The surgery is performed in a sterile operating room with proper patient sedation. After staying one night, the patient can be discharged in the morning.
At the nursing home “La Madonnina” and the private institute “Unisalus” in Milan, Italy, it is possible to undergo the selective trigeminal neurolysis with fluoroscopy with the assistance of highly qualified personnel and latest generation technologies, at the service of the well-being of the the patient.
The Lugano Regional Hospital, part of the multi-site hospital centre EOC, is an important reference point for medical and nursing services in Switzerland. It stands out for its multidisciplinary approach to medicine and for its constant attention to innovation and to its specialists’ training.
130000
people in Italy who suffer from trigeminal neuralgia
8600
procedures carried out
unique
in Italy to practice this procedure
42
years of experience
Contacts
CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION
To book a medical examination in Turin:
+39 348 96 89 318 to talk with a specialist
+39 011 557 4355
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 91 – 10128 Torino TO
+39 011 557 4355
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 91 – 10128 Torino TO
To book a medical examination in Milan:
+39 336 204 777 to talk with a specialist
+39 360 583 761 to talk with a specialist
Via G. Battista Pirelli, 16/B – 20124 Milano MI
+39 360 583 761 to talk with a specialist
Via G. Battista Pirelli, 16/B – 20124 Milano MI
To book a medical examination in Lugano:
+41(0) 918 116 391 Dr. Luca Valci
Neurosurgery service
Via Tesserete, 46 – 60900 Lugano, Switzerland
Neurosurgery service
Via Tesserete, 46 – 60900 Lugano, Switzerland