When pain no longer responds to medication and other care, targeted neurosurgery can help. Start by finding your type of pain below, each links to what it is, when surgery is considered, and how it can help.
Select the condition that fits best. Each page explains it in plain language and describes the surgical options that can help when other treatments have not.
Pain is carried from the body to the brain along a chain of nerves and pathways. Surgery acts at a precise point on that chain, relieving a clear cause, reshaping the pain signal with an adjustable device, or interrupting the pathway when other options are exhausted.
Ahmet Fatih Atik, MD is a neurosurgeon focused on stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, including the surgical treatment of chronic pain, neuromodulation, treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, intrathecal drug delivery, and targeted lesioning. This site is an independent educational resource and is not, by itself, medical advice.
If your pain has not responded to other treatment, or you are a clinician considering a referral, share a brief outline and I will be in touch. Please keep it general; do not include detailed medical records or sensitive health information here.