Pensacola’s Ascension Sacred Heart uses ‘gamma knife’ for severe facial pain in patients

PENSACOLA, Fla.. — Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital is using cutting-edge technology to help patients living with trigeminal neuralgia.

It’s a condition that causes extreme nerve pain in the face. Patients who suffer from it say it feels like an electric shock.

Now, a tool called the “gamma knife” is giving patients pain relief in Northwest Florida. Ascension Sacred Heart is one of the only hospitals in the country using this instrument…

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