Abhay Sanan, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

2450 East River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718, USA

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Dr. Sanan is a board certified neurosurgeon. He serves as a clinical Assistant Professor in both the Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Arizona, University Medical Center and has received numerous awards throughout his career for research.
Dr. Sanan earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Minnesota and was chief resident in neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Sanan completed his fellowship at the University of Cincinnati in skull base and cerebrovascular surgery. Dr. Sanan is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor in both the Division of Neurosurgery and the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Arizona, University Medical Center. Dr. Sanan has been with the Center for Neurosciences since 1999.

Education

  • MD: Boston University School of Medicine

  • Internship/Residency: University of Minnesota

  • Fellowship: University of Cincinnati

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

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Dr. Abhay Sanan Introduction

My name is Dr. Abhay Sanan. I’m a practicing neurosurgeon in Tucson, Arizona at the Center for Neurosciences. I essentially grew up here in Tucson, Arizona. I’m originally from India, but I moved to Tucson...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Type 1 vs. Type 2

We split trigeminal neuralgia into two types. There’s TN type 1 and there’s TN type 2. They’re vastly different. In TN type 1, patients experience this shock-like pain, but in between the episodes of pain,...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Treatment Options

Although there are a number of treatments for trigeminal neuralgia (medication, rhizotomy – which is a procedure where we put a needle into the nerve, radiation, and surgery – those are a list of possible...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Testing

Once the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia are suspected, usually the most important test to get is a brain MRI scan. The reason for that is that we want to be looking and seeing if there’s...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Surgical Options

There are two main categories of surgical interventions that get done for trigeminal neuralgia type 1. The one that people mostly read about or hear about is a procedure called microvascular decompression. That involves a...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Summary

Trigeminal neuralgia type 1 is a rare disorder, but it’s a very, very important disorder for both patients and doctors to recognize because without treatment it’s a horrible affliction, but with treatment the pain can...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Stereotactic Radiosurgery Treatment

The stereotactic radiosurgery treatment for trigeminal neuralgia type 1 is a single treatment, so the patient gets the treatment typically in 60 minutes to 90 minutes and that is it. They are done. You can...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Stereotactic radiosurgery is another treatment modality that can be used to treat trigeminal neuralgia type 1. In this treatment, what we’re doing is we’re delivering a very, very high dose of radiation to the trigeminal...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Signs and Symptoms

The common symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia type 1: the pain is described by most patients as this sharp pain. Some patients describe it like an ice pick behind the eye or a lightning bolt or...

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Trigeminal Neuralgia – Screening Process

There’s no specific screening process for Trigeminal Neuralgia type 1. It’s really a clinical diagnosis, so if somebody presents to their doctor or dentist or orthodontist with these jolts of pain on one half of...

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