May 1997 I underwent surgery for a right jugular foramen tumor with an
extracranial component, as well as with an intrapetrous component and with a
component intracranially, but extradurally, on the right side. Procedure was
inferotemporal fossa type An approach with anterior transposition of the
facial nerve from the geiculate ganglion to the parotid gland, with
obliteration of the Eustachian tube and obliteration of external auditory
canal as a blind sac in two layers and with removal of the extracranial and
intrapetrous portion of the skull based tumor. Right transtemporal exposure
of the jugular foramen with transposition of the facial nerve and tumor
resuction.
Immediate following surgery I was in chronic paid from a "knot" where my
cheek bone was. Three years later the right side of my face is super
sensitive to touch and cold. I have a chronic burning pain on the right side
of my head. There is pain in my forehead, lower jaw, and my right upper lip
has no feeling. The pain is so serve I am presently treated by a pain
clinic. I have spoken with the two surgeons who performed the surgery, and
each one continues to refer back to the other. I am quite sure the
trigeminal nerve is involved. Can you advise me, I am presently on so much
pain medication I cannot function; also I cannot get either doctor to tell me
what is causing this pain.
I can fax to you the operative reports.
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