In addition to using drugs to treat trigeminal neuralgia, endoscopic surgery is often chosen to treat this disease. If drug treatment is no longer effective, doctors will consider endoscopic surgery to support the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

Any surgical procedure can cause complications during and after surgery. For endoscopic surgery to treat trigeminal neuralgia, the most common complications include: cerebrospinal fluid leakage, bleeding, brain contusion, meningeal bleeding, nerve damage, etc.